The Blackberry Walk

"Personality is the ability to do anything". Miyazaki said something along those lines. Miyazaki's certainly an autist. Listening to him talk, you hear a spectrum of peculiar information grappled out of the air yet he despises the human manifestation of Japanese autism, the otaku. The otaku mindset is a low-minded autism; it is to find a small corner of the room and stake it out as your own. To claim a guaranteed plot of knowledge and mind out every last scrap. Under Miyazaki's model, personality is scalar. One is capable of operating in any situation thrown should one broaden their horizons far enough. Why carve out the smallest niche when you can absorb the world. The high-minded autist swims in a sea of knowledge: not a pond. To be knowledgeable, to an autistic extent, about anything, is to be able to sail upon the choppiest waters of interaction. That is not to say that a niche within those seas can't be carved; a coast of obsession that you are particularly fond of, which captures your awe is always appreciated. Yet also know that you can't solely own your coast. According to Nash equilibrea, the higher-minded autist will always win. If a higher-minded autist encroaches on a lower-minded autists territory and consumes them completely, they are simply the lesser autist. The aim is to open one's soul to the breadth of human experience. To not be a fussy eater with your autism, yet to still have your favourite foods. That is to transcend to Miyazaki's level.