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They're pushing that it's mainly for the benefit of the employee, not the employer. Or at least they're trying to make it seem that way. If so, why not just make it a consumer-targeted product? Something only the badge holder can view data for?
> In an interview with The Washington Post, Waber said one financial services client plans to use the badges to increase productivity. Not even out the gate and it's already about monitoring.
Er, this is basically just a puff piece for a startup. Why are people reading it like it indicates the world is moving in a particular direction? There's no more reason this idea is going to succeed than any other. In fact it seems kind of doomed to fail.
And 'puff piece' doesn't seem to me to suffice, either. This isn't TechCrunch or PR Newswire; this is the Washington Post. And the article's pretty laudatory, too, with privacy concerns dismissed out of hand - politely, to be sure, but dismissed out of hand nonetheless. Granted, it's still something of a stretch to say 'this is the way the world is going'. But it's a lot less so than it might be, and that's creepy in itself.
You're on company time, why not just have a huge physical neck collar, with a chain, to ensure your paid time is spent productively at your desk. 9-5 you're a company resource after all
Engineers who help create stuff like this are assholes. How could you see this being used for good in any way?
Asshole is s pretty strong word. There's a somewhat different explanation; it posits that engineers are ignorant rather than evil. Cory Doctorow said it better than I ever could:
Engineers are all basically high-functioning
autistics who have no idea how normal people
do stuff.
Engineers who help create stuff like this are assholes. How could you see this being used for good in any way?
At least the micro-position-tracking ability makes sense in high(est)-security environments, be them military or private (Apple's secret labs come to my mind, given the rumors of secrecy?). The voice analyzation stuff is really, really weird though.
I think a solution that can't be defeated by removing a lanyard would be better.
Er, this is basically just a puff piece for a startup. Why are people reading it like it indicates the world is moving in a particular direction? There's no more reason this idea is going to succeed than any other. In fact it seems kind of doomed to fail.
Engineers who help create stuff like this are assholes. How could you see this being used for good in any way?
Engineers who help create stuff like this are assholes. Asshole is s pretty strong word. There's a somewhat different explanation; it posits that engineers are ignorant rather than evil. Cory Doctorow said it better than I ever could: Engineers are all basically high-functioning autistics who have no idea how normal people do stuff. I got a lot of flack last time I posted that quip; I'll grant that it isn't strictly…
And the capacity for deliberate evil exists, is out there, and is used. Sometimes the engineer is just a tool.
Engineers who help create stuff like this are assholes. How could you see this being used for good in any way?
Engineers who help create stuff like this are assholes. Asshole is s pretty strong word. There's a somewhat different explanation; it posits that engineers are ignorant rather than evil. Cory Doctorow said it better than I ever could: Engineers are all basically high-functioning autistics who have no idea how normal people do stuff. I got a lot of flack last time I posted that quip; I'll grant that it isn't strictly…