I also hate it. My hatred stems from the fact that it's very much a tech bro ideology. They get it into their head that THEIR system is 'the one'. It's the same way that tech bro weirdos running startups get it in THEIR head that THEIR product is some sort of life changing piece of technology that every human on the planet is going to ultimately adopt once they just "understand it". And god forbid if the product does catch on, because then it's a horrific confirmation bias to them. So instead of luck and market coercion, the product's success is evidence of their brilliance.
I know that seems like a weird conclusion to get to from this, but having read a LOT of these types of articles over the years and seeing people's convictions and deep seated beliefs about their categorization systems, it really underscores a lot of how humans get it in their heads about their POV of the world is the 'right one' that the rest of the world should get on board with.
I think from my side the problem could be expressed in a more nuanced way: it's usually not the originator of some idea to be the annoying techbro trying to evangelize everyone. In most cases the culprits are early adopters thinking they found the silver bullet solving all of their (and everyone else's!) problems and being very vocal about it
I agree with most of your sentiment. I also came to associate the proponents of these system with a a set of other traits:
- obsession with tools and methods over outcomes
- busywork
- insistence with their approach being the only right one
It seems these trait could be quite adjacent with tech bro behaviour
I know that seems like a weird conclusion to get to from this, but having read a LOT of these types of articles over the years and seeing people's convictions and deep seated beliefs about their categorization systems, it really underscores a lot of how humans get it in their heads about their POV of the world is the 'right one' that the rest of the world should get on board with.