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Beyond Hierarchies: How Autistic Culture and Relational Thinking Offer an Antidote to Modern Social Structures
Many autistic people experience profound difficulties thinking of the world in hierarchical ways. Evolutionary anthropologists note that this cognitive trait reflects innate human collaborative cultural capabilities combined with a significantly reduced capacity for maintaining ongoing cognitive dissonance. This profile often falls well outside the bell curve of hypernormativity, shaping a distinct perspective on how societies…
