Many of the top critical comments are similar to criticism I've heard about the classic "How To Win Friends And Influence People".

A light saber is the same tool in Darth Vader's hands or Luke Skywalker's hands.

It is all about intent and the state of mind you use it in.

Yes, a lying piece of shit narcissitic sociopath could use technique X to get what he wants, regarless of the consequences to everyone else.

Someone with a good heart can use technqiue X to remind himself to review a situation, find something positive, using to get something positive, something win-win done and make people feel better, out of a sincere desire for them, in the process.

Automation is threatening lots of low skilled jobs.

Every industry has some "fluff" in my opinion, things that are needed, but that happen to make money. Example, Inuit fighting tax code simplification so people will want to buy their software.

Is the elephant in the room that there are too many people to give quality jobs too, or any job? That productivity is so high that it isn't necessary to have everyone working to give everyone what they need?

Is the current paradign out of date?

If very few people have jobs, then there are less people to buy things, keep other people employed and give profits to owners.

A few years ago when the supermarkets in my area began replacing cashiers with self checkout machines, there was no minimum wage debate going on.

Will not automation happen regardless?

Even if the cost of an employee is about the same as a machine wouldn't employers rather not have employees as machines are more under their control?

Then why roll out their military? Same ends, they just look worse in the international community.

I haven't been keeping up with the close, at least closely.

Is the problem that though the majority of Crimerians voted to merge with Russia, some people believe that vote was coerced with the threat of violence ( Russian troops on the border )?

Food irradiation, which was foisted on the American public by Bush 1's VP Dan Quayle, with no food labeling required sounds similar. A dose of radiation on our food, prevents it from decaying as quickly.

I had a friend in a startup back in the day who would keep an orange in his desk as a joke, saying that he would know if the produce from store X was nuked or not depending on how rotten that orange would get.

I would think Google Glasses could transmit their location.

Wouldn't it be a matter of calling Google who could then tell you where the glasses are?

You know you are truly a success in IT, a real "bad ass" when you can wear your hair short, dress like normal people and still be respected.

Wearing sneakers to work with impunity really helps too.

I've been guilty of this too.

When I meet a programmer who is a woman, an attractive woman, a much older person or a non-Caucasian & non-Asian man my automatic thought is "really?" despite my conscious mind knowing better.

Back in the dot com era I went to work with my hair pulled back in a pony tail and it had a similar effect as the author of the article described. Having it was like wearing a power suit in a law office.

I'm a developer and I started off in a CLI environment before GUIs made it big.

I still use a few commands in the CLI.

I tried getting into it more, but like the person you replied to stated, unless you are sysamin, much of the CLI is not very useful to you.

It isn't about trolling, it is about data mining and it is about tracking people to retaliate against them in some situations.

Just refuse to use comment sections that make you give a real identity.

I think the language you used are why the young people who were polled prefer print.

They can hand a printed book off to someone without the word "pirate" being potentially used.

Agreed, but 16 - 24 year olds are usually the people who are least likely to be luddites, the most open to change and the most likely to be all over new technology.

It is also the age bracket that will inherit the world. If they don't like eBooks, eBooks will not make it