Autism: "Let me focus on this subject for 300 hours."

ADHD: "Let me change my focus every 15 seconds."

Autism + ADHD: "Let me tell you superficial details about 10,000 shiny things."

Autism: "I have no idea how to interact with this person."

ADHD: "I have a strong desire to engage with others."

Autism + ADHD: "HI I'M WEIRD I MEAN MYK how are you have you ever heard of taoism or cellular automata do you wanna know why they're the same thing?"

Autism: "I really struggle to share dishonest opinions, lying is hard for me but I try to give earnest feedback!"

ADHD: "I wanna help! I noticed so many things! I just have a few notes!"

Autism + ADHD: "Your life's work could use the following improvements hey where are you g-"

Autism: "Wow the beats on this song are so interesting I could lose myself in them for hours"

ADHD: "I literally cannot pay attention to the beat for more than 2 measures"

Autism + ADHD: "I am constantly chasing that thing whose shadow I caught out of the corner of my eye."

It's almost like, what if your special interest was finding new special interests?

Someone I've known for years -- my sister-in-law, in fact -- asked a question the other day and I said "I don't know" and she said "That may be the first time I've ever seen you not know something interesting about a subject."

I can't help it? Stuff sticks! :)

Autism: "I sure would like to learn more about complex subject X!"

ADHD: "I struggle to get through book-length non-fiction!"

Autism + ADHD: "Love 2 reinvent every wheel from first principles forever because I can't stop thinking about metaphysics."

Autism: "I can't wait to do project X!"

ADHD: "I cannot do project X until I've done steps A, B, C, D, E and F, which require G, H, I and J, which depends on X, so..."

Autism + ADHD: "I cannot figure out how to start building things I have a burning need to build."

Autism: "I relax by losing myself in a recreational system, like a video game, where my brain can unfold and explore complex relational space."

ADHD: "I relax by running around until I'm tired!"

Autism + ADHD: "I've beat startlingly few of the extremely too many games I own."

Autism: "I would really prefer not to have a social interaction right now or, if we're honest, very often at all!"

ADHD: "But I *neeeeeed* it!"

Autism + ADHD: "I have a place with a porch from which I can hear people chatting in the street but don't have to interact with them."

For everyone asking about cellular automata and Taoism: https://twitter.com/mykola/status/1221954019716927488?s=21 https://twitter.com/mykola/status/1221954019716927488

Look I am diagnosed autistic and adhd. I can't speak for everyone who's autistic or for everyone who's adhd, but a lot of people seem to relate to the autism+adhd combination I'm describing here.

People have told me I come across as too sure, too certain - I'm just a goon!