@punishmenthurts @autistics "it past psychology to evolution. This is what divergence looks like."

The problem is that in North America: Mexico, Canada, USA - we do not do #Genetic testing for #Autism

There are theories "Homo caetextus" #evolution #genetics

#ContextBlindness

REFERENCE:
Context Blindness: Digital Technology and the Next Stage of Human Evolution (Understanding Media Ecology, 10)
by Eva Berger
January 25, 2022

"Are people with #autism giving us a glimpse into our future human condition? Could we be driving our own evolution with our technology and, in fact, be witnessing the beginning of the next stage of human evolution? The thesis at the center of this book is that since we have delegated the ability to read context to contextual technologies such as social media, location, and sensors, we have become context blind. Since context blindness ― or #caetextia in Latin ― is one of the most dominant symptoms of autistic behavior at the highest levels of the spectrum, people with autism may indeed be giving us a peek into our human condition soon. We could be witnessing the beginning of the next stage of human #evolution ― Homo caetextus. With increasingly frequent floods and fires and unbearably hot summers, the human footprint on our planet should be evident to all, but it is not because we are context blind. We can now see and feel global warming. We are witnessing evolution in real-time and birthing our successor species. Our great-grandchildren may be a species very distinct from us. This book is a must for all communication and media studies courses dealing with digital technology, media, culture, and society. And a general reading public concerned with the polarized public sphere, difficulties in sustaining democratic governance, rampant conspiracies, and phenomena such as cancel culture and the need for trigger warnings and safe spaces, will find it enlightening."

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"Plus I’m pretty much the only one who takes it past psychology to evolution." ...

#EvaBerger did a whole thesis on it. I knew of the book before it was published January 2022 because I followed her back then on Facebook.

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I think her January 2022 book was a PHD Thesis? ...

"Eva Berger is a senior lecturer at the School of Media Studies of the College of Management Academic Studies (COLMAN), where she also served as Dean (2006-2012). She holds a B.A. from the Department of Film and Television at Tel-Aviv University (1985) and an M.A. (1986) and a Ph.D (1991) in Media Ecology from New York University.

Dr. Berger has taught at NYU, Tel Aviv University, the Kibbutzim College of Education and the Sam Spiegel Film School, and has been part of the faculty at COLMAN for close to 30 years. She has served on numerous boards and public service organizations including the Israel Peace Initiative, Israel Press Council, and Institute of General Semantics."