The Cognitive Culture Series

Subtitle: Investigating how minds, systems, and narratives collide

Series by Megan A. Green
Category: Applied ethnography / Neurodiversity / Human systems

About the Series

Cognitive Culture is a long-form field analysis project exploring how human systems interpret intelligence, empathy, and emotion.
It documents what happens when the social script of “normal” collides with cognitive reality — especially for those of us who think or feel at atypical bandwidths.

Each installment blends lived ethnography with cultural journalism: firsthand observations, data analysis, and reflective critique.
The aim is to build a language for what’s often misread — the unseen cognitive economies shaping power, access, and belonging.

Core Themes

Neurodiversity as design, not deficit
Adaptive intelligence and emotional labor
The misclassification of competence
Trauma-informed analysis in professional contexts
Accessibility as cultural literacy

Reading Order

The Unseen Variable: Why Neurodivergent Women Are Still Misread
→ Introduces the bias patterns that shape perception and projection.
(Upcoming) The Economy of Attention
→ Examines how information overload reshapes identity and empathy.
(Upcoming) Algorithmic Empathy
→ Investigates how AI mirrors or magnifies social misunderstanding.

TL;DR

Cognitive Culture looks beyond “awareness” campaigns.
It asks: how do we architect societies that read minds ethically — and stop confusing noise for intelligence?

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