“Today’s episode explores the author’s experience as a Gestalt Language Processor (GLP) working in education, using the metaphor of a “Theatre” within their mind where they observe and process the world. The source text highlights the challenges and insights of navigating a system built on procedural logic when one’s own understanding is recursive and pattern-based. It discusses how both students and adults, regardless of formal diagnosis, exhibit GLP traits that are often misinterpreted or overlooked by a system that prioritises speed and linear communication, creating a “double empathy problem.” Ultimately, the author, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, outlines a vow to continue mapping and naming these experiences, advocating for recognition and acceptance of different processing modalities in the classroom and beyond.
Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/the-cartographers-return-glp-minds
NotebookLM really didn’t get the interplay here, but the overall I think comes through. Let me know what you think.
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