I wonder if the macrodata refinement task in the show (well-reproduced here) is something like the work done by human moderators of Facebook, Twitter, etc? It takes a real toll on them, wading through some of the worst content humanity has to offer. It seems like "severance" could be a way to mitigate the real-world damage to moderators' psyche. And then by further decomposing into tasks like the ones done by macrodata refinement (and other teams across the world, praise Kier), that could limit it further.
... although by forking their identity and imprisoning one of them, it seems likely to do more harm than good. Freedom from Lumon for the innies would be the death of that identity, unless they could find a way to share the physical host.
... although by forking their identity and imprisoning one of them, it seems likely to do more harm than good. Freedom from Lumon for the innies would be the death of that identity, unless they could find a way to share the physical host.