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    1. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv Sep 7

      Watching the Joe Rogan / Elon Musk podcast made me feel kinda sorry for Elon. He is very visibly not neurotypical; ie divergent in a way I’m not sure the mainstream world knows how to deal with

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      John Backus‏ @backus Sep 7
      Replying to @visakanv

      There’s a narrative that Silicon Valley rewards neuro atypical people in general. Atypical minds (on the spectrum, hypomanic) mean you might feel less social pressure to disengage w/ weird ideas. So, most Silicon Valley leaders might be “off” and illegible to the general public.

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        2. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv Sep 7
          Replying to @backus

          As an outsider I’m quite fascinated by this multi-layered cake. Maybe I need to pay a visit

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        3. John Backus‏ @backus Sep 7
          Replying to @visakanv

          Let me know if you do. Happy to show you some stuff

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        2. Ansh Shukla‏ @__anshukla__ Sep 7
          Replying to @backus @visakanv

          I don’t actually think it’s true or any more “atypical” than any other outlier pursuits, but I was introduced to this thesis by the (now) classic:http://blakemasters.com/post/24578683805/peter-thiels-cs183-startup-class-18-notes …

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        3. John Backus‏ @backus Sep 7
          Replying to @__anshukla__ @visakanv

          Thanks yeah I think I heard Thiel argue this on Conversations with Tyler.

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        4. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv Sep 7
          Replying to @backus @__anshukla__

          I’ve noticed that Singaporean and Indian political families also seem disproportionately neuro-atypical but I have no idea what to do with that information

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        5. John Backus‏ @backus Sep 7
          Replying to @visakanv @__anshukla__

          Maybe idiosyncrasy is just an impediment you can use as a costly signal when you have power but is otherwise an important thing to suppress

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        1. Kelly Reid‏ @kellyreid Sep 7
          Replying to @backus @visakanv

          These people find a home in SV, but outside SV it's pretty hard for them to exist. A lot of my family is on this neuro-atypical spectrum (rocket scientists and engineers). I have a good touch of it, but not enough to be crippled socially like others I know.

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        1. Ryan Qasem‏ @RyanQasem Sep 7
          Replying to @backus @visakanv

          Thanks

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