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[heatray5d]

From an engineering VP at Facebook, quoted in the August issue of Fast Company: "This is one of those products like motherhood and apple pie. How could you be opposed to it?" (the italics are mine).

Well, horrifying Facebook robot, as soon as you begin referring to motherhood as a "product" I think I'm pretty much opposed to everything you stand for. Because you are clearly losing touch with your fundamental humanity as a result of a toxic overexposure to tech marketing doublespeak, and I have no truck with terminators.

I find that the longer I spend in management, the more immersed in this kind of thinking and speaking I become. We refer to the people who work for us as "resources" and the children who buy our products as "consumers" all the time. And honestly, that's fine, because it tends to simplify communication in most cases. But I try to put some thought into my semantic choices, because what you say and how you say it has a direct impact on your perceptions. Talk too much like a robot, and that's what you'll eventually become, except without any of the benefits, like chainsaw hands.

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[canongrrl.livejournal.com]

for the robot talker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yptoaCKZ0Tw

and yes

[mistresshellena.livejournal.com]

Funny how we tend to imagine that the robots that will take over will be computer/machine-based and not just us losing touch with our humanity. Thanks for that message.

I heard about the marketing strategy that is probably in response to this de-personalization: this marketing group actually creates a character that they refer to when considering who will be using their product. This model obviously has ALOT of problems too imo, but interesting when considered in contrast to your point here.