TLDR, the cage and standing out from AI

Yup you missed me last weekend. I road the Terry Hard ride for Terry Fox which is a 24 hour bike event that left me little time for writing last week as I finished prep. TLDR plus details I've taken to this method of writing twice for years. I write a summary of the important parts my boss needs to understand and then a section I title something fun like "For Nerds" with all the details if any future nerd needs to read through the Github Issue, or whatever document we're working with. If my boss reads through the nerd stuff and wants more explanation we usually talk about it during our meeting time. Otherwise he just leaves it and gets the information he needs. Self-monitoring into a cage This is an example of self-monitoring — the act of evaluating and adjusting your behavior based on how you think others perceive you. In small doses, it functions as a useful social compass. In large doses, it becomes a cage. A 2019 study determined that people who are high in self-monitoring…