Rubayo

Over 30% of respondents* believe that it's very safe to enter work or personal data into ChatGPT.

(social media survey,n=295, Ireland, April 2023)

You forgot to mention Nespresso and Tassimo!

Some companies have already brought this in already but via stealthier means.

All those 30min, 1h and 1hr30+ waits times are designed as a deterrent to people phoning up.

Great article!

On and individual level people often won't admit to mistakes either. There is a great book called:

Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions and Hurtful Acts

I didn't know the chip shortage was that bad...

>It killed lots of apps.

how?

Yet given all this, for a substantial cohort of customers, the Apple brand is still bought as a badge of "coolness".

This will be a nice updated complement to Tom Lemoncelli's book of the same topic.

Very interesting comment.

Actually Michael Maccoby a sociologist discovered in his studies (1960 and 1970s) of what happens when a large factory comes to a rural town. People would no longer mix with each other to the same extent. Instead, after work, they would go home and watch TV. Work had totally altered their social lives. It will be interesting what dynamic will play out in the long-term with remote work.

Funny you should bring up this example.

I have two Crucial BX500 SSDs here.

One made in Thailand - The 960GB version.

One made in Mexico - The 1TB version.