The Cult of Microsoft
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Soundtrack: EL-P - Flyentology At the core of Microsoft, a three-trillion-dollar hardware and software company, lies a kind of social poison — an ill-defined, cult-like pseudo-scientific concept called 'The Growth Mindset" that drives company decision-making in everything from how products are sold, to how your on-the-job performance is judged. I am

Spooky stuff that helps explain a lot of the dysfunction flowing out from Microsoft.

  • self@awful.systemsEnglish
    15·
    11 days ago

    you’re about to waste my fucking time but:

    Mindset theory itself is incredibly controversial for a number of reasons, chief of which is that nobody can seem to reliably replicate the results of Dweck’s academic work.

    Ed links an article that talks about elements of the replication crisis in enough detail for an article where the replication crisis isn’t anywhere near on-topic, and I don’t think the article would be better if it included that detail

    feel free to include evidence in your reply that you aren’t here to be a debate shitlord

    • YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systemsEnglish
      12·
      11 days ago

      I’m also confused as to what the takeaway was supposed to be here. Like, because a whole bunch of different famous psych studies fail to replicate maybe this one is less invalid?

      Also, were they expecting Ed Zitron of all people to not write a polemical?

    • froztbyte@awful.systemsEnglish
      11·
      11 days ago

      (as usual) I made the mistake of looking at their posting history

      three internet cookies if you know what’s behind door number one