I'd submit that perhaps those on the autistic spectrum may be more resistant to tribalism, not because they are less aware, but because they are more aware. The masses who blindly follow their tribe are the one's that don't seem to be aware they are in a sort of socialogical slavery.
@michael_vassar2
"If tribalism was actually unhealthy, it would be lost by evolution like any other complex adaptation."
Have you considered that may very well be what is happening? After all, someone on the spectrum is now the richest person in Ame... (read more)
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I'd submit that perhaps those on the autistic spectrum may be more resistant to tribalism, not because they are less aware, but because they are more aware. The masses who blindly follow their tribe are the one's that don't seem to be aware they are in a sort of socialogical slavery.
@michael_vassar2
"If tribalism was actually unhealthy, it would be lost by evolution like any other complex adaptation."
Have you considered that may very well be what is happening? After all, someone on the spectrum is now the richest person in Ame... (read more)