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This debate has been around for half a century. It's far, far more nuanced than this article suggests. Here's the original formulation of it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_X_and_Theory_Y

But it's not that Theory Y is necessarily "better". It depends on tons of different variables. And there have been plenty more theories after X and Y...

On the qualities of The Atlantic's digital strategy and editorial policies:

http://nplusonemag.com/the-intellectual-situation-issue-15

tl;dr: banned from Reddit

And there have been plenty more theories after X and Y...

Specifically Theory Z - which can probably be summed up as "some combination of both X and Y"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_Z

Which is an instance of the Hegelian Dialectic, which is itself bullshit.

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