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by galangalalgol 1214 days ago
There was a recent article in nature (I think) that talked about dislexia and adhd as being allowed by evolution because in larger tribes or civilizations it provided a benefit for the tribe/civilization to have people with those specializations despite the downsides.

I will say that my hyperfocus as a software developer was almost all upside until I had to support multiple efforts. The talking over people lack of time management and tendency to focus on the most fun task at hand were all things my good managers could work around and forgive.

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I've always felt there might be something to the Hunter vs Farmer hypothesis[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_versus_farmer_hypothesi...