David Senra (@davidsenra) “Peter Thiel on why having Aspergers is an advantage and @elonmusk on why needing” — TopicDigg

Peter Thiel on why having Aspergers is an advantage and @elonmusk on why needing to be liked is a real weakness. Thiel: Many of the more successful entrepreneurs seem to be suffering from a mild form of Asperger’s where it’s like you’re missing the imitation, socialization gene. We need to ask what is it about our society where those of us who do not suffer from Aspergers are at some massive disadvantage because we will be talked out of our interesting, original, creative ideas before they’re even fully formed. ‘Oh, that’s a little bit too weird, that’s a little bit too strange,’ and maybe I’ll just go ahead and open the restaurant that I’ve been talking about that everyone else can understand and agree with, or do something extremely safe and conventional. Elon: “I think it’s a real weakness to want to be liked. A real weakness. And I do not have that.”