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At first, I was thinking that this situation must be rooted in larger cultural things like abusive leadership or the lack of trust between humans. Not to discount these other real issues, but I’m now just thinking that maybe the people implementing these systems are actually just really lousy managers. They don’t know how to lead a team or whole company well, so they turn to ugly things like total surveillance. Maybe it’s something like the marriage of incapability, insecurity and authoritarianism? I’m curious about the thoughts of others!

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patrick-y-m

@patrick-y-m • 4 Years Ago

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At first, I was thinking that this situation must be rooted in larger cultural things like abusive leadership or the lack of trust between humans. Not to discount these other real issues, but I’m now just thinking that maybe the people implementing these systems are actually just really lousy managers. They don’t know how to lead a team or whole company well, so they turn to ugly things like total surveillance. Maybe it’s something like the marriage of incapability, insecurity and authoritarianism? I’m curious about the thoughts of others!

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MyNameIsMarx

@MyNameIsMarx • 4 Years Ago

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This kind of surveillance IMO is part of a far deeper trend. From governments, to corporations. They want to track us 24/7, and there is always a proposed justification for it. Governments will say it will give us greater security. Corporations say it will give us better experience. Managers will say it makes our company more productive. etc. But I think the honest justification is the power. Surveillance is power, because it gives those carrying out the surveillance awareness, data, and influence. Which is a power that can be used for commercial or political ends. Like the Cambridge Analytical scandal, and the personalized/target online Ads phenomenon shows, data is being collected across the board, to profile and manipulate us, for commercial and political ends.

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MyNameIsMarx

@MyNameIsMarx • 4 Years Ago

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This kind of surveillance IMO is part of a far deeper trend. From governments, to corporations. They want to track us 24/7, and there is always a proposed justification for it. Governments will say it will give us greater security. Corporations say it will give us better experience. Managers will say it makes our company more productive. etc. But I think the honest justification is the power. Surveillance is power, because it gives those carrying out the surveillance awareness, data, and influence. Which is a power that can be used for commercial or political ends. Like the Cambridge Analytical scandal, and the personalized/target online Ads phenomenon shows, data is being collected across the board, to profile and manipulate us, for commercial and political ends.

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elenab

@elenab • 4 Years Ago

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I agree with you. Good managers don’t need this kind of programs and they don’t have time to look at the data from this programs.

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elenab

@elenab • 4 Years Ago

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I agree with you. Good managers don’t need this kind of programs and they don’t have time to look at the data from this programs.

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@lilemoji • 4 Years Ago

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"If you're idle for a few minutes, if you go to the bathroom or whatever, a pop-up will come up and it'll say, 'You have 60 seconds to start working again or we're going to pause your time.'”

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@lilemoji • 4 Years Ago

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"If you're idle for a few minutes, if you go to the bathroom or whatever, a pop-up will come up and it'll say, 'You have 60 seconds to start working again or we're going to pause your time.'”