Those are pretty funny fringe examples, but to be honest the majority of the time corporate actions are intentionally and methodically manipulative. Entire billion dollar industries exist around studying and implementing the most effective tools of manipulation.
This is where Facebook came from after all, mapping the most intimate and human thing of all - interpersonal relationships - in order to leverage them as a tool in marketing, among other things.
I think it's far more intentional and malevolent than what the autism analogy implies. It's not that they "don't get it" - quite the opposite. They get it, have turned it into a science, and have decided to exploit it for their own ends.
I dunno, I still see it as not getting it. Most of them seem shocked that something they saw as a good thing is seen by others as evil. Maybe it depends on the firm, but there are enough examples of backtracking on programs and apologies that at least some companies are more like ASD than psychopathy.
Those are pretty funny fringe examples, but to be honest the majority of the time corporate actions are intentionally and methodically manipulative. Entire billion dollar industries exist around studying and implementing the most effective tools of manipulation.
This is where Facebook came from after all, mapping the most intimate and human thing of all - interpersonal relationships - in order to leverage them as a tool in marketing, among other things.
I think it's far more intentional and malevolent than what the autism analogy implies. It's not that they "don't get it" - quite the opposite. They get it, have turned it into a science, and have decided to exploit it for their own ends.
I dunno, I still see it as not getting it. Most of them seem shocked that something they saw as a good thing is seen by others as evil. Maybe it depends on the firm, but there are enough examples of backtracking on programs and apologies that at least some companies are more like ASD than psychopathy.