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”.
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.
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.
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.