So one author summed up a philosophy, and it sounded almost exactly like another author doing the same thing to the same philosophy? How'd that happen?

Apple would like a word with you circa mid to late 90's.

Oh look another Mad Men comparison. I still don't see how Joe is Don. It's the first season and we already know way more about his past than Don's at the same time. Aside from them both working in offices in a bygone decade there really isn't a good comparison.