(I only scanned the article) Saying "no"— attacking new ideas— is a habit that a lot of people acquire in meatspace, too. It's easy to sound smart by attackin

(I only scanned the article) Saying "no"— attacking new ideas— is a habit that a lot of people acquire in meatspace, too. It's easy to sound smart by attacking others' ideas, because you can invent untested scenarios ad infinitum. You can "have the last word." I personally (mentally) dismiss people who habitually do this as low-value contributors. Unfortunately, sometimes they are rewarded, presumably because they sound so smart), and the habit becomes ingrained. Sometimes they even become the boss. The people who can come up with ideas in the first place are way more impressive in my view because that's more difficult. My hypothesis is that some people learn this bad habit early in their careers, and bolstered by I've noticed that a lot of people even in meatspace are quick to shoot ideas down and give deride