[danielheath]

The ability to focus more deeply than the general population is quite valuable in a world where technological progress requires increasing specialisation.

[rsstack]

Can you continue your line of thought? This ability, which is extremely rare, is quite valuable. What's the next step, the conclusion?

[danielheath]

It’s also one of the diagnostic criteria for ASD, one that almost all autistic people share.

They typically can’t deliberately choose the subject of the focus, but it’s usually the case that any bit of deep knowledge is useful for something.