Free extracts / Chapters 2 and 3 / 3 pages
ADHD, hyperattention and the environments against which attention is judged.
Three short passages ask a basic question: deficit compared with what? They look at ADHD, hyperattention and the way institutions can turn a mismatch between person and environment into a diagnosis of the person.
From The Hunting Party
This extract is one route into the wider argument: different minds become useful in different conditions, and uncertainty changes which forms of attention matter.