Which is why Mark ( Adam Scott) and his two colleagues handle this new book like a bomb, considering it from a safe distance, with the most devout of the three ( John Turturro) moved to quote Eagan with characteristic born-again reverence: “Be content in my words, and dally not in the scholastic pursuits of lesser men.” But The You You Are is inscribed specifically to Mark (“intrepid cartographer of the mind”). The only book that should be available within Lumon Industries’ walls is the one written by founder Kier Eagan, which dates back to the 19th century, a handbook/bible in which every action is mapped out to ensure the innies’ conformity. In the world of Apple TV+’s hit series Severance, in which a chip can be placed in your brain to separate your work life from your personal life, there are outies who live a normal existence and innies who live an entirely corporate one. “Most linguists agree it comes from the Latin ‘camera,’ which means ‘a device used to take a photograph.’ And of course, the best photographs are not of individuals, but of groups of happy friends, who love each other deeply.” This book is contraband. “What does ‘camaraderie’ mean?” asks one typically absurd page. Ricken Lazlo Hale, PhD, peers earnestly, sporting a maroon turtleneck and feathered hair-Steve Jobs in bard cosplay. From the front of The You You Are, “a spiritual biography of you,” author Dr. The book glows like an orange beacon in a sea of blue office chairs, its cover a cross between Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth and the poster for The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
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