I would imagine most societies would look sort of like Germany or Japan, but the real question is which widespread social norms are directly or indirectly caused by endemic and widespread Neurotypical Disorder, as well as what those social norms would be replaced by

For example, I would expect the attached poster to not exist for various obvious reasons. But how do you think an autistic society would handle the indication of listening/attentiveness?

  • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Japanese culture (not the work culture though) and Dutch infrastructure - a match made in heaven IMO. I really would like to experience what living in a NT society would look like. Communication would be an interesting experience though

    No idea what current norms would have been influenced or shaped by NTs

    • The Grunkler@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      What about Dutch infrastructure speaks to you? I’m not very familiar about things outside of burgerland

      • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.oneEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        A few off the top of my head…

        The general small/livable scale of things, although this is more of a european thing IMO

        The continuous footways that separate busier roads from residential roads, encouraging drivers to be a bit more considerate of pedestrians. Some other countries try to copy these but most don’t get the balance quite right

        The canals everywhere in the cities look really nice, although this is less of an infrastructure thing I think

        Suburban areas with nice small roads (woonerven and fietsstraten IIRC?), giving a more homey feel, discouraging speeding and rat-running while still allowing people who need cars to have one

        Extremely well connected bike path network, usually with enough parking to match

        Appropriate road sizes, sometimes separating the direction of travel with green space & trees so it looks inviting and natural, and kinda self-regulates driving speed

        A lot of design cues in general that aim to keep road users safe, whether on foot/bike or in car

      • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.oneEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Oh that stuff absolutely is getting left behind.

        I was more interested in the percieved respect, honesty, integrity (e.g. people not nicking your stuff if you drop something somewhere), generally friendly attitudes, tech innovation, appliance design etc.