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I'm sorry I didn't get very far in the article. If I were to write an article about a current hot topic and the title is a question, such as "Why are there so
by avgDev 4y ago
I'm sorry I didn't get very far in the article.
If I were to write an article about a current hot topic and the title is a question, such as "Why are there so many individuals abusing opiates, should we be worried?". Then, in the first paragraph I said, "the answer is simple, copycat behavior". I would not expect anyone read anything beyond that point.
The main question has been answered, in the worst kind of way. This isn't a black and white issue caused by a single thing. It is laughable really.
- Apocryphon 4y agoI think the article has flawed framing and it is rather sensationalist journalism in that respect. I disagree that, even in that flawed frame, that the main question has been answered. Even if the cause of layoffs is not copycat behavior, the article attempts to argue that the use of layoffs (as opposed to cutting wages, etc.) is copycat behavior. And it does feel convincing in the sense that it seems like many companies are choosing to respond to a problem in an identical way, which rather undercuts the tech industry's claims and culture of innovation and disruption and out of the box thinking.