I swear to dog I read that headline and in my brain it said "The Quiet Magic of Middle Fingers."
Seeing it's something BoBo wrote...yeah. Still applies.
I had a western civ professor describe the Industrial Revolution as "The Rise of the Middle Managers". At the time, I did not recognize that statement for the warning it was. I did not gain wisdom gracefully as I aged, it was pounded into me by ogres with hammers.