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The key ingredients of successful memetic corporate organizational theory are cynicism, detachment and disparagement. By describing executives as sociopaths and
by fancyfredbot 2y ago
The key ingredients of successful memetic corporate organizational theory are cynicism, detachment and disparagement. By describing executives as sociopaths and the middle management as losers this article allows the reader to feel superior to those alongside, above, and below them in the org chart, while the generally cynical tone allows the reader to feel aloof and acts to enhance the already established sense of superiority. Finally the article is written from the point of view of an external observer allowing the reader to imagine themselves as separate and somehow external to the organisation rather than a part of it. This explains why people love to post it to hacker news.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 2y agoTo an extent, sure, there is definitely an element of that. It certainly is interesting that it ends up on HN as often as it does though tbh until now I assumed it had more to do with the theory of office that managed to capture a plausible explanation why "The Office" felt as close to the real thing than most of us felt comfortable with. edit: Just the explanation of 'stakes' made me realize that ribbonfarm was onto something there.
- rbanffy 2y agoThe Office is triggering to me. Not as much the UK version, but the American one (a lot of Brazilian companies cargo-cult American ones) rings too many bells. Also, Silicon Valley has triggering moments.