Disruptive Empathy

Disruptive Empathy

The Wiring Beneath: Autistic In The Room

Vibes are on/off

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Eric Near
May 21, 2026
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I remember the first time I realized that my Cisco switches and I shared a common language. They required a specific sequence of commands, a precise syntax, and they didn’t care about my tone of voice. In the quiet of a server room, the world made sense. There was a protocol for everything.

But the boardrooms and the “huddle spaces” of the startup world …

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