, the book is an "unauthorized" gift from Ricken to his brother-in-law, Mark Scout. Although intended for Mark's "Outie" (his real-world self), it is confiscated by Lumon Industries and ends up in the hands of the "Innies" (the workplace personas). To the outside world, the book is considered pretentious and pseudo-intellectual pablum, but to the workers of Lumon, who have no context for the outside world, it becomes a revolutionary manifesto. 2. Themes and Philosophy