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I’m given to understand that many evolutionary adaptations are a trade-off: a benefit gained is often at the expense of some other aspect of resources.
By way of confirmation bias, I’m assuming that ADHD characteristics like hyperfocus and insatiable curiosity / ease of distraction are evolutionarily useful. But neither sit comfortably in capitalism which wants everything governed by a clock.
Thing is, as a cultural adaptation, I’m pretty sure capitalism will prove to be deadly
@urlyman the other part of this is that humans are social primates not lone predators. Evolution did not optimise us to be the perfect fit for every situation we encounter as individuals, we're adapted to live in groups where we all have different skills and specialisations so the whole group is able to deal with more different scenarios than an individual could. This has now gone a bit wrong when the society we've created needs us all to fit one mould for success
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