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Re:Workers who love 'synergizing paradigms' might be bad at ... by moepstar on Friday March 06, 2026 @11:18AM (#47276937)
Hate to ask, but since it came up again and a quick search couldn’t find it - what’s that Gervais model? Links / explanations welcome!

Edit: seems that searching for „Gervais principle“ turned up what was talked about…

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Re:Workers who love 'synergizing paradigms' might be bad at ... by pklausler on Friday March 06, 2026 @11:52AM (#47277537)
https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-... is a good explanation. The diagram of the "MacLeod Cycle" utterly convinced me, having been around that loop a few times.
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