Gosh, this is great https://www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-archive/up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right
"We've started calling this whole barrel of monkeys Puzzle Theory, and it's everywhere. Every think piece about what Gen Z wants from their workplace is running on Puzzle Theory. The personality-typing industry and its pivot from Myers-Briggs to Big-5 is Puzzle Theory but make it science-ish. TikTok has a whole sub-genre.
This theory is attractive for a few reasons. One is that sounds true, especially if you feel lost or out of place at work."
If you look for it, you'll find People Theory all over our writing (you'll find a few where we talk about cheat codes, too). And we obviously aren't alone. McGregor was saying surprisingly-similar things about Theory Y back in the '60s and probably informed our own thinking on it.
one week on Mastadon:
1. Way more productive. This is a byproduct of the limited number of people I am following and no algo
2. Way less angry about nonsense
3. Feel like im talking into a void. It's really hard for me to see how anyone can find your content if they aren't looking for it here. The key is pry "Boost"
Wont be going anywhere because I am just not that interested in any of the platforms.