Everything tagged #new yorker
Silicon Valley’s biggest failing is not poor marketing of its products, or follow-through on promises, but, rather, the distinct lack of empathy for those whose lives are disturbed by its technological wizardry.
Silicon Valley Has an Empathy Vacuumnewyorker.comSilicon Valley fails to take into account the human consequences of its technological wizardry.A really peculiar story in the New Yorker, meticulously reported:
“When the police entered the mansion, they were surprised to find that it had an institutional feel. There were CCTV cameras everywhere, bedrooms filled with cribs, and, in classrooms downstairs, more than a dozen children seated at desks in front of whiteboards. It was impossible to tell the girls and boys apart, since all of them had shaved heads.”
The Fate of Twenty-one Los Angeles Siblingsnewyorker.comNearly two dozen kids were found at risk of abuse and neglect. Will their parents be held accountable?