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The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Office” (2009)

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Re: The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Office” (2009)

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Keep in mind that in practice this classification is not perfect, as in you cannot just bucketize people into three categories and declare perfect understanding. You should treat the roles described in the article as archetypes of human behavior.

> Keep in mind that in practice this classification is not perfect, as in you cannot just bucketize people into

Gosh that's such an INFJ thing to say!

/s[ubtle]

Re: The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Office” (2009)

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To be read in conjunction with the Babbler hypothesis - The amount of time some people spend talking gets them into leadership positions. It doesn't matter what they say, just how much they rant on. I read that, and realised how insanely true it is

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Keep in mind that in practice this classification is not perfect, as in you cannot just bucketize people into three categories and declare perfect understanding. You should treat the roles described in the article as archetypes of human behavior.

> Keep in mind that in practice this classification is not perfect, as in you cannot just bucketize people into Gosh that's such an INFJ thing to say! /s[ubtle]

“INFJ”, that’s from that workplace astrology, right?

Re: The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Office” (2009)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Keep in mind that in practice this classification is not perfect, as in you cannot just bucketize people into Gosh that's such an INFJ thing to say! /s[ubtle]

“INFJ”, that’s from that workplace astrology, right?

You would be surprised, but companies actually pay hard money to consultants to do these astrology readings and present them to shareholders as a "measure of workforce compatibility".

Re: The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Office” (2009)

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I’ve read this before, and while an entertaining thought experiment, I’m not sure there is anything really actionable here. Maybe just be mindful that people are trying to exploit you.

As you say, it's worth knowing what shit can happen but that doesn't mean everyone in leadership is a sociopath or that it's unwise or losing to accept a paycheck.

It can be unwise to start a business and lose all your money which does happen to people.

Re: The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Office” (2009)

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Keep in mind that in practice this classification is not perfect, as in you cannot just bucketize people into three categories and declare perfect understanding. You should treat the roles described in the article as archetypes of human behavior.

This is true for every statement about people.

And yet it is not obvious to everyone.

Re: The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Office” (2009)

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To be read in conjunction with the Babbler hypothesis - The amount of time some people spend talking gets them into leadership positions. It doesn't matter what they say, just how much they rant on. I read that, and realised how insanely true it is

Well these observations have nothing with to do with the main conundrum -

How do you keep a group of chimps who all have different interests, personalities, needs, beliefs, values, upbringings, culture, religion, language, history etc etc in sync?

And these days groups grow quite large quite fast.

Historically, if you take rewards, bribery, force, domination and manipulation out of the story, the babblers/non threatening people can bridge differences as groups grow larger and larger in size.

No solution is perfect, cause its quite an unnatural thing for groups to form around anything. Given all the differences.

Just try to work with your entire extended family on a project, and watch what kind of strange rituals, stories and behaviors keep the group from breaking apart.

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Keep in mind that in practice this classification is not perfect, as in you cannot just bucketize people into three categories and declare perfect understanding. You should treat the roles described in the article as archetypes of human behavior.

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Re: The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Office” (2009)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is true for every statement about people.

And yet it is not obvious to everyone.

I still maintain there are only 10 types of people in the world.

Those who know base-2 numerals and those who don't.

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