[humbleferret]

A couple of key points that stood out to me:

1. ADHD traits could have been beneficial for exploring new food sources in ancient times. 2. While ADHD is often seen as a disorder today, it might be better suited to different environments.

Intriguing stuff about ADHD traits maybe being helpful in some situations! Makes me rethink how I view ADHD, and chimes with my own experience of folks with ADHD doing really well in certain tasks compared to others. A good reminder to consider different perspectives.

I also learnt that the DRD4/7R gene was linked to ADHD AND risk-taking behaviour.

[EthanHeilman]

ADHD has helped me find success in the modern world by making me fail at things I don't find interesting. This forced me to work on what I find interesting. This is risky.

I can't experimentally verify it, but on the balance I believe I am better off with ADHD than without it. It has also caused me problems because even being slightly outside the norm has high costs in a mechanized economy that values interchangeable parts/people over novelty.

[kstrauser]

You probably want someone with ADHD to be on guard duty at night: “I’m bored, this is boring, I should go poke Joe with a stick until he wakes up, I’m OMG A TWIG SNAPPED LET’S GO”.

[hirvi74]

I've always been great at finding items that people lose, 'I Spy' games, stealth games, hunting, etc..

Not sure if there is any merit to it, but I find that because I do not typically fixate on one particular thing, I can easily distracted by anything/everything, thus I can spot differences rather rapidly.

I consider it like a breadth-first search vs. a depth-first search.

[AceyMan]

This. I've determined that the societal benefit of ADHD is best demonstrated in the hunter role during humans' hunter-gatherer era.

Long runs or hikes to get to the locale / day (or days) long stints of observant concentration resulting in longer than 24H wake/sleep cycles / intense sprints to chase down prey —— all well-suited for the ADHD constitution.

I've thought about it from every angle and it sure adds up to me.