The Apple Watch Is the Perfect Wrist Piece for Dystopia

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-apple-watch-is-the-perfect-wrist-piece-for-dystopia

by Tsiolkovsky • 11 years ago

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golergka2• 11 years ago

It looks like Vice author is unaware that luxury iPhones existed from day one, the only difference being that they were produced by companies other than Apple.

kjjw2• 11 years ago

I don't think that affects any of the arguments made.

golergka2• 11 years ago

But it makes them misplaced. It's not about Apple, or Apple Watch; it's about luxury items in general. But if you remove the apple watch from the title, it suddenly becomes an ordinary anti-capitalism rant instead of Apple-bashing clickbait.

epaga• 11 years ago

"Jony Ives"...

colechristensen• 11 years ago

It’s natural that Americans should have a weird and dissonant relationship with luxury products.

The only thing that's natural is writers and journalists grasping at straws to find poignant things to say about perceived controversies.

Nobody really cares.

bichiliad• 11 years ago

I've been less and less impressed with Vice articles. I'm not a particularly good critic, and I'm certainly no writer, but this seems pretty empty. If we do collapse into a dystopia, we'll do it with or without the Apple Watch.

robotresearcher• 11 years ago

Amazon’s “Kiva” robots can carry 3,000 pounds, stock shelves and select and ship packages

As of now, the Kiva robots move shelves around very cleverly. Humans stock the shelves, pick, package and ship items. Just for the record.

edit: Amazon is encouraging research in robot picking:

http://amazonpickingchallenge.org

The Apple Watch Is the Perfect Wrist Piece for Dystopia

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