Summary
Veterans of large enterprises will nod along to this one. The author revisits a long-standing battle with organizational nonsense, including a Quantum Technobabble Generator built to expose how easy it is to churn out impressive-sounding quantum claims. A new study from Cornell by Shane Littrell validates the worry. His Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale, published in Personality and Individual Differences and covered widely by the tech press, shows that susceptibility to corporate BS is real and damaging. The message matches the post’s blunt title: organizational bullshit makes you worse at your job.
For the quantum security community, this is a live risk. Quantum buzzwords can mask weak security guarantees, shaky implementations, or nonexistent roadmaps. Treat vendor claims as hypotheses to be tested. Ask for testable metrics, independent validation, NIST PQC alignment, clear threat models, and reproducible benchmarks. Build review rituals that reward clarity over jargon so your teams do not confuse verbal fluency with technical competence.
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See the original article at: https://postquantum.com/leadership/corporate-bullshit/