Viagra. There was this one batch sold only in grocery store pharmacies several months ago was not quite up to snuff. They later discovered the problem: it had been stored next to the soft ice cream dispenser. Pfizer, the manufacturer, made the hard decision to to do the recall...
--Doug On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Nicholas Thompson < [email protected]> wrote: > Er….. um ……. What was the product? > > > > N > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *ERIC P. CHARLES > *Sent:* Sunday, September 26, 2010 7:50 AM > *To:* Pieter Steenekamp > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] You Have 0 Friends [why Facebook is evil] > > > > This seems on topic: > I got an automated call the other day from a company telling me that there > is a recall on one of their products. More specifically, records from my > grocery store (presumably data stored in connection with my rewards card) > indicated that I had purchased their product between 3 and 18 months > previously. It was a little cool, and a little creepy at the same time. > > Eric > > On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 07:23 AM, *Pieter Steenekamp < > [email protected]>* wrote: > > > > If a grocery store offers to sell you a bread for a dollar, do you > > accuse them of forcing you to give you a dollar? Then why do you accuse > > Facebook of forcing you to do anything? If you don't like it, simply > > don't open an account with them. If you don't buy bread then you die, so > > I would rather accuse the grocery store of forcing me to part with my > > dollar. If you don't open a Facebook account, at least you don't die. > > > > Pieter > > > > On 2010/09/26 09:03 AM, Jochen Fromm wrote: > > > No, it is not ridiculuos, it is serious. > > > I think the Facebook phenomenon rises a number of interesting questions: > > > Who are you? What is the core of a person? Why is social media so > > > successful? > > > When does a company become evil? > > > > > > Social media and social networks are > > > a hot trend, maybe because people feel > > > increasingly isolated in a digital and > > > urbanized world. Erich Fromm says in "The Art of Loving": > > "The deepest > > > need of man is to overcome his separateness, to leave the prison of > > > his aloneness." All social networks exploit this need. > > > For example a social network for books like GoodReads or Shelfari > > > connects you to readers with similar interests. > > > Facebook is special. It claims to connect > > > you to the people you already know. > > > The problem is: > > > > > > a) You probably have multiple circles of > > > friends, and these friends belong to different > > > areas: family, job, hobby, sports, etc. > > > Facebook allows you only to have one > > > circle of friends and one single identity, your physical identity > > > characterized by your real name and your real photo. Since the > > > identity forms the core of a person, it reduces you to your physical > > > appearance. > > > If you are not good looking or if you have > > > no friends, like the shy nerdy student Kip Drordy in the video, then > > > Facebook classifies you as a loser. It denies you > > > to be what you want to be, but the declaration > > > of independence says: "all Men are created equal, they are endowed > > > [..] with certain unalienable Rights, among these are Life, Liberty > > > and the pursuit of Happiness." > > > It does not mention the right to have a > > > Facebook profile. > > > > > > b) To connect you to your friends, a company must own your private > > data. > > > Facebook forces you to reveal your private data, to give up your > > > privacy. Would > > > you tell the government who your friends > > > are, where you have been, what you are doing? > > > Then why do you tell it to a private company? > > > Should our private life and our private data belong to a company at > > > all? The people who think Facebook is evil say no. This is similar to > > > the question of Microsoft a few years ago: should our Operating > > > System, the Operating System of our computers, belong to a company? > > > The people who think Microsoft is evil say no. > > > > > > Contrary to Twitter, Facebook forces you to give up your privacy: "We > > > will connect you to your friends > > > (if you give us your private data)". > > > and reduces you to your physical appearance > > > "We will connect you to your friends > > > (if you tell us what you are doing > > > right now and how you look like)" > > > That's why Facebook is evil. > > > > > > -J. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: Alfredo Covaleda To: The Friday > > > Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Saturday, September 25, > > > 2010 10:58 PM > > > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] You Have 0 Friends > > > > > > So funny. > > > > > > My Facebook profile has more friends than me. Isn't is ridiculous? > > > > > > Alfredo > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > > > Eric Charles > > Professional Student and > Assistant Professor of Psychology > Penn State University > Altoona, PA 16601 > >
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