As a marketer, I find this ‘Dash’ button and service from Amazon intriguing. As a human, I truly relate to this critique in The New Yorker about mindless robotic consumerism. The power of inertia is such that millions still pay AOL for dial up service today. Progressively automating our shopping experience makes for a more efficient but also increasingly soulless and robotic existence.
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
-Anonymous
This insightful article by Frank Bruni sends an important message to both parents and children. For parents, he discourages pressuring their children and forcing them to grow up too fast. For children, he warns against treating school as if it’s only designed to get into college – it’s about learning, curiosity and acquiring a love and capacity for education.
