‘And so there’s a lack of … emotional understanding.’ ‘I mean,’ he said, a little more carefully, ‘that these companies are run by men who probably have Asperger syndrome.’ A pause. There I was, being autistic-by-stealth in his company, then having the temerity to question an analysis that he clearly thought rather witty and incisive. ‘Can you explain what you mean by that term?’Ī look of slight consternation crossed his face, followed by something very much like annoyance. ![]() ![]() ‘The problem, of course,’ said the sociologist, ‘is that these businesses are institutionally autistic.’ We were discussing Silicon Valley, and its notorious working culture of long hours and company-dictated leisure time. I found myself at a lunch table recently with a journalist, a sociologist and a business psychologist, which sounds like the set-up for a bad joke.
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