Some guy wrote a book about this but basically it's hunters (in the Hunter-Gatherer sense) stuck in a farmers world.

SO back when humans primarily hunted and were nomadic, prior to the advent of agriculture and sedentary farming (where seasonal planning and forecasting was required), a lot of required traits for survival: high-vigilance, impulsivity, and novel-seeking - were what made great hunters and survivalists.

People with ADHD just have the wrong OS for this era or more like they are peak human (Windows XP) and current humans are bloated Windows 11... it's evolutionary enshittification.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

I often wonder if we're supposed to be as smart as we are, like in general. I see some people and think "what a fucking moron" but like put them next to basically any other animal on the planet and they're doing alright.

Would be a fun movie idea, the creative and adhd people run the world and are seen as normal, instead of the reverse.

I assume this community will disagree strongly, but ADHD honestly does not seem like an actual disorder...

Not fitting into Capitalism has nothing to do with common ADHD traits such as lack of emotional regulation, time blindness, and our tendency towards risky behaviors.

So yeah, I do strongly disagree with your attempt to blame the negative aspects of ADHD on an economic system....because it's bullshit.

I could be anything from an Mesopotamian King to a rider in the Mongol horde to a Medieval Peasant and my brain would still have the same damn problems.