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At one point in the film, a junior official points out that U.S. interceptors have failed almost half their tests, and the secretary of defense responds by bellowing: “That’s what $50 billion buys us?”

While this might sound obvious, it runs counter to most corporate norms; junior employees often think their job is to support their manager’s position, not question it.

For example, companies might hold back some automation to train junior employees in foundational skills and ensure they are savvy enough to check AI assistants’ output.

In junior high, humor became a way to avoid being beaten up—and the best way to get a girl to talk to me.

The doctors' union, the British Medical Association, is in a long-running dispute with the government over pay for the medics, who were formerly known as junior doctors.