President Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., are once again talking about autism, playing up unproven connections and spreading fear without basis.
To bring some light instead, we thought we’d post this wide-ranging conversation with Simon Baron-Cohen, who is, unlike Trump and Kennedy, an autism expert.
He spoke to us about our changing understanding of autism, what it means to live in a tech-driven world increasingly shaped by leaders who are on the autism spectrum, and how we can balance the innovative drive of super-systematizers with the empathy that’s critical to holding society together.
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