I was thinking how is it possible I am always ahead of the times.
I think it boils down to genuine open mindedness. Not in the sense where you're open to ridiculous notions. There are the majority of people today who are like that. And they think they're open minded. Yet when presented with an idea they haven't been instructed specifically on how to feel about, they go into overdrive AKA get angry. Grasping at straws to prove you wrong, because they also think they're smart people, so they need at least a bad reason you're wrong.
Genuinely open minded people are open minded in the sense a fenced pasture is open pasture. There is less clutter, less beliefs, less conditioning. Something like 30% of CEOs of SNP500 companies are pscyhopaths or psychopathic. Because what that means, at least the biggest benefit, is unadulterated open mindedness, in the sense you are impossible to if not impossible to condition. This is because both pain and pleasure are blunted. To the point where psychologists have determined psychopaths do not experience the same kind of withdrawals as other inmates and have an easier time accepting that they simply don't have access to the drug anymore.
You can see how this carries over to other areas of life that involve positive and negative reinforcement from authorities.
The conclusion is, if open mindedness is required to be ahead of the times, being antisocial is a huge benefit.