He is in the bottom right, pictured with Epstein.

The fact that 5 kids knew well enough about the OP’s vegan status to use them as an example meant that the person probably never shut up about it.

He’s off a bit there. They stopped the show with the end of Book 6, right before the time jump for Book 7. So they didn’t make the final 3 books into the show. There’s hints and foreshadowing for them.

Also the books don’t directly correlate with seasons until Season 4.

• Book 1: Season 1 and first half of Season 2
• Book 2: Second half of Season 2 and first half of Season 3
• Book 3: Shortened and only the second half of Season 3.
• Book 4: Season 4
• Book 5: Season 5
• Book 6: Season 6 (but only 6 long episodes)

People also have survivorship bias with these things. Sure your refrigerator might have lasted forever but quite a few others did not. There is a reason why appliance repair places existed and were much more common than today.

I think that is just HR.

It is not inherently anti-efficiency or anyi-progress. It is pointing out how those things have been corrupted by those in charge. In a more perfect world, Janet and Bob just work less hours due to the software while retaining their pay.