Most people don’t really respect the patron model of arts funding anymore. The more prominent view is: if you can’t make money as an artist, you’ve failed and should quit. The market is seen as the ultimate arbiter of value. Why mess with it?

I think it’s something like that.

This is the one I’ve found most helpful, especially the last chapter:

http://www.afieldguidetoearthlings.com

I don’t know if it helped me mask better, but it made neurotypical behavior seem less confusing and more predictable.

Feel like they could have rolled with it

I wish tech companies would do this more. Put a warning or label on it if you have to, but interacting with that early version of the Bing chatbot was the most fun I had with tech in awhile. You don’t have to install a ton of guardrails on everything before it goes out to the public.