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@recursive@hachyderm.ioI realize that a reason that "The Matrix" was so influential to me is that I related so much to "I can dodge bullets." ... "When you're ready, you won't have to." lines
I was realizing in a conversation with my wife that, while she is good at planning many steps ahead, my biggest skill is to see the breadth of possible choices at the current step, including many choices that we are generally told are impossible
I'm not even sure if I have reliable access to this skill, but thanks autism
Although it's notable how I had a hard time exercising this ability for a long time because of trauma: When I was a child, adults reacted badly to anything that they did not understand or which seemed somehow threatening to their narrow idea of safety
@recursive ah! for sure
@recursive We definitely treat adults less like children than they typically deserve, and children less like adults than they typically deserve.
@recursive and now that you are not a child, has that changed 
(not for me)
@cursedsql It took a lot of therapy and other work