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I'm working on an article about neurodiversity and why I think the forces of capitalism, technology, and complex cascading social dynamics are increasing its di
by 3pt14159 8y ago
I'm working on an article about neurodiversity and why I think the forces of capitalism, technology, and complex cascading social dynamics are increasing its dispersion. I.e., breadth is going up (extremes getting more extreme) and variance (less of the population is close to the mean).
That "Technology is Heroin" might be true at the immediate level, but the real question is what are the secondary effects. Evolution doesn't require fitness in a physical sense, but in an algorithmic (survival and reproduction) sense, which technology enables if you have the money to pay for it.
If anyone else is looking into this, please reach out.
- nabnob 8y agoI am working on something similar using a Marxist analysis. I'm very critical of the "chemical imbalance" model for analyzing mental health issues. Much of how we define neurodiversity is related to someone's ability to work, and is culturally specific. Culture also heavily influences how a neurodivergent person experiences their symptoms (https://news.stanford.edu/2014/07/16/voices-culture-luhrmann-071614/ https://news.stanford.edu/2014/07/16/voices-culture-luhrmann...). There's definitely a lot of different factors in play that are caused by capitalism - social norms, individualism/isolation, trauma/stress, additional distractions from technology, etc. I'll shoot you an email, but just in case I forget mine is fatimaraj@protonmail.com.