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If you pause the video at 1:24, it's straight out of Black Mirror. Why doesn't anyone care about the dystopian world that we're headed straight toward? Demand

If you pause the video at 1:24, it's straight out of Black Mirror. Why doesn't anyone care about the dystopian world that we're headed straight toward? Demand real offices. Demand real human interactions. Demand to not be profiled excessively by your employer, and refuse to excessively profile your coworkers and subordinates. Reject China-style social credit scores.

tyleo 6y ago
That is precisely the point when I closed the tab, but not because of the Black Mirror comparison that you draw. I just feel like this already exists and underneath all of the neat AR-style windows the actual product is underwhelming. Interestingly, when I worked at Microsoft, I felt like they had a pretty good feedback tool. You could not leave feedback anonymously and it went well beyond a 1-5 star rating system. It asked specific questions about projects you worked on with other employees. I remember individuals taking the better part of a week to put together feedback for one another and I always felt like I got valuable feedback. That being said, Microsoft is like a conglomeration of many companies: some good; some bad. Perhaps other orgs within Microsoft did not see the same success with the feedback tool.
gggtt 6y ago
Thank you. It's crazy nobody cares about this kind of practice. None of my friends would have noticed what you noticed. I guess social networks with "likes" were the first step and now actually rating your colleagues seems acceptable. Rating anyone anywhere at anytime like in Black Mirror is the next step after that. I've heard rumors some teams where I work are already doing this. If this ever happen to my team, I'll quit for sure. It seems that as long as your are going little step at a time, people will accept any dystopian practice (or won't even notice it)

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If you pause the video at 1:24, it's straight out of Black Mirror. Why doesn't anyone care about the dystopian world that we're headed straight toward? Demand

by nickysielicki 6y ago

tyleo 6y ago
That is precisely the point when I closed the tab, but not because of the Black Mirror comparison that you draw. I just feel like this already exists and underneath all of the neat AR-style windows the actual product is underwhelming. Interestingly, when I worked at Microsoft, I felt like they had a pretty good feedback tool. You could not leave feedback anonymously and it went well beyond a 1-5 star rating system. It asked specific questions about projects you worked on with other employees. I remember individuals taking the better part of a week to put together feedback for one another and I always felt like I got valuable feedback. That being said, Microsoft is like a conglomeration of many companies: some good; some bad. Perhaps other orgs within Microsoft did not see the same success with the feedback tool.
gggtt 6y ago
Thank you. It's crazy nobody cares about this kind of practice. None of my friends would have noticed what you noticed. I guess social networks with "likes" were the first step and now actually rating your colleagues seems acceptable. Rating anyone anywhere at anytime like in Black Mirror is the next step after that. I've heard rumors some teams where I work are already doing this. If this ever happen to my team, I'll quit for sure. It seems that as long as your are going little step at a time, people will accept any dystopian practice (or won't even notice it)