TheWorx

Of course, I'm guilty as much as the next guy--well, maybe not as much, I like to think. I know I succumb to the usual inadequacies of the mind. I know I am incapable of ascertaining the true prevalence of a group's supposed characteristic; and, statistical science offers no hope--perhaps rightfully so. But there is no reason why technology cannot assuage the prejudices of humans. In my last post I digressed and railed against the African-American Customer Service Representative at Geico. Regardless of motivations, technology can prevent misplaced ire (such disdain should be placed squarely on the policies of the corporation). The way to do this is to disguise the voice of the representative and that of the customer--the respective names should also be aliases (there is actually no reason why our name should be available to an employee--just the account number). That's right, I propose that all live customer representatives should have Siri's voice and we can have--I ...

Let's start with the reason why the grudge of 9/11 shows no signs of diminishing--at least it seems to be the case in New York City. I can understand that it is human nature to attack those related in some way with individuals that harmed you but the utter hypocrisy exhibited by New Yorkers and other non-thinking beasts brings tears to my eyes. Case in point, Iran. Iran has no connection with 9/11. The people most involved are the Saudis yet we buy their oil like there's no tomorrow. Is this not hypocrisy? Because Iranians are Muslim, many in the U.S. hold them responsible but we don't blame Indonesia, a predominantly Muslim country--is this not hypocrisy? We hear total assholes on the radio calling Iran a sponsor of terrorism but not one man in the street will be able to tell you what Iran has done to sponsor terrorism. On the contrary, the U.S. deposed their leader and put in a puppet subservient to U.S. interests. When they took hostages, they treated them--to my k...