Oddbean new post about login | logout Yeah, same. Systems thinking. It's actually a rare talent because it requires so much spatial ability, but it just looks like "normal thinking" to other people.
Agreed, it's hard for others to see the value in this, but it is probably the most valuable trait.
Well, it can be a bit useless, on its own, but it's the trait that maximally leverages the other traits and you can spread it very thin over a large group of people. So, it makes sense that there are many more detail thinkers than system thinkers, and then some middle number with both abilities.