The results revealed a troubling paradox. Workers who were more susceptible to corporate BS rated their supervisors as more charismatic and “visionary,” but also displayed lower scores on a portion of the study that tested analytic thinking, cognitive reflection and fluid intelligence. Those more receptive to corporate BS also scored significantly worse on a test of effective workplace decision-making.

This is only a paradox under the assumption that gullible people are smarter. Because, yes, you need to be at least a bit gullible to see “charisma” in the others, or to not acknowledge everyone and their dog has a “vision”.

The study found that being more receptive to corporate bullshit was also positively linked to job satisfaction and feeling inspired by company mission statements.

“Chrust me, you’re happy!” “Yay, I’m happy!”

This applies also outside working environments, I think. It’s more of a general thing, on how bullshit spreads and gets enforced over sanity. I think the vicious cycle the text points out should appear elsewhere too.

Perhaps some pressure towards critical thinking might counter it?