Douglas wrote me a letter, which I excerpt here. “A theory of behavior,” he began, is only a good metaphor as long as it allows you to explain a whole raft of activities as stemming from the theory. I have to tell you that your description of me as “classic” ADD has been a particularly useful metaphor for me. In fact, coming upon it has provided me with one of the most singular experiences of my entire life, because all of a sudden there are an enormous (on the order of 1,000+ instances) number of moments in my life which make sense to me now, and didn’t before, as a consequence of your
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