27 Apr Episode 159: The Anti-Worker Pseudo-Psychology of Corporate Personality Testing
Citations Needed | April 27, 2022 | TranscriptUnited States soldiers take an early psychological test in 1917, the year the US entered World War I. (National Archives)[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-159-the-anti-worker-pseudo-psychology-of-corporate-personality-testing[/embed][Music]Intro: This is Citations Needed with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.Nima Shirazi: Welcome to Citations Needed, a podcast on the media, power, PR and the history of bullshit. I am Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: You can follow the show on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed, and become a supporter of the show through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast. All your support through Patreon is incredibly appreciated as we are 100 percent listener funded.Adam: That’s true, we don’t do ads, which is very unusual. So if you can, please support us through Patreon. It does help keep the episodes themselves free. And if you sign up there you get access to mini episode News Briefs, AMAs, newsletters, and other little goodies. So if you can, please help us out there, and help keep the show sustainable.Nima: “Is it a higher compliment to be called a) a person of real feeling, or b) a consistently reasonable person?” “Are...