Nobody can explain it better than Yegge: https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/10/egomania-itself.html https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/10/egomania-itself.

Nobody can explain it better than Yegge: https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/10/egomania-itself.html https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/10/egomania-itself.htm... Worth a read or two if you want to be cured of the Agile affliction.