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"The iPhone ruined more than a few marriages". That would really never be worth it to me. But maybe it depends on your marriage.
by janwillemb 9y ago
"The iPhone ruined more than a few marriages". That would really never be worth it to me. But maybe it depends on your marriage.
- AndrewKemendo 9y agoMore likely that quote is a Fallacy of Single Cause. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy_of_the_single_cause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy_of_the_single_cause
- LeifCarrotson 9y agoNo, "the iPhone" in this sentence is representing the iPhone development program and its high-stress, night- and weekend-consuming, burnout-inducing, multi-year schedule. That - and the resulting changes in behavior - can absolutely be sufficient cause of a wrecked marriage. Some fallacies are universal: "If A then B, therefore because not A, not B" is an example. But that one seems extremely contextual. It denies that "If A then B" is possible.
- dguaraglia 9y agoI'm willing to be the iPhone (the actual device) might actually have had part in many more broken marriages than the development process itself. Mind you, not saying the iPhone caused the broken marriages, but it has become the preferred medium of communication for a substantial part of the population. I wonder how many of the unmasked Ashley Madison users were iPhone users :P
- r00fus 9y agoI disagree with this. Marriages fail for a lot of reasons - the iPhone project may be similar to a military deployment - except nonmilitary spouses/families are unlikely to be prepared for that kind of stress.
- s_kilk 9y agoBut they maximised shareholder value! /s