What Is the Experience of Wielding Language Feel Like for You Subjectively?

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I just find this so intensely fascinating, especially because you had to live in a world where you were unaware other people didn't think this way. And the frustration just must have been immense. I'd rather talk to somebody one on one about how to build kind people work or something like that and train dogs. That's kind of stuff that I think is interesting. In fact, I've got another book on calling all minds on childhood, parachute and bird kite projects. Hours and hours to get them to work better.

Temple Grandin was born in 1947 at a time when words like neurodivergent and neurotypical had yet to enter the lexicon, at a time when autism was not well understood, and since she didn’t develop speech until much later than most children she might have led a much different life if it hadn’t been for people around her who worked very hard to open up a space for her to thrive and explore her talents and abilities. In this episode we discuss all that as well as her latest book, Visual Thinking, all about three distinct ways that human brains create human minds to make sense of the world outside of their skulls.