it's interesting that on the one end of the spectrum, we pathologize & stigmatize conditions like ADHD, which in some sense is just the Central Executive of one's mind having less ability to suppress all the other parts of one's mind (like the squirrel! part or the tactile/kinetic part or the special interest part) so the person tends to go chasing off on side quests
but there's no such reaction to people on the opposite end, those with such a strong Central Executive that Getting Things Done is *all they know how to do* to the point that their entire life is a living to-do list, and then they block out & blind themselves to relevant information because they're so intent on The Agenda. we don't stigmatize that.
quite the contrary: we put (allow) such people to be in management positions, where their narrow focus and frequent lack of insight causes inestimable harm, but they're rarely held accountable for it. 🙃
