Letter: Tech businesses have triumphed in controlling the masses

Business has triumphed
in controlling the masses

The term “smartphone” doesn’t refer to the intelligence of the user of such devices, but the makers of them; the users occupy a different category.

The goal of business, almost any business, is to addict the subject into always purchasing their product, to optimize and control the sources of revenue.

The tech people tried with Google Glass, a device that attached to one’s head with a small screen to check out the latest. Imagine crossing the street and being wasted by a car while consulting your Google Glass. The verdict: death by Google Glass with the police cuffing the driver for using his.

The cellphone became a resounding success, so much so that all of society is being channeled through the devices. People are thumbing and fingering themselves through life and gleefully paying for it. Business has triumphed in controlling the masses.

Robert Sinuhe
Oakland

 

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