Ex-Amazon VP explains why rich a-holes with helicopters and personal assistants don't get why you hate your commute

This Gizmodo headline is a sign of the times: "Google's Sergey Brin Says Engineers Should Work 60-Hour Weeks in Office to Build AI That Could Replace Them." Why are mega-rich executives demanding peasants return to their cubicle farms? Because your corporate overlords' lives are absolutely nothing like yours, says a former Amazon VP who witnessed first-hand how the 0.001% live. — Read the rest The post Ex-Amazon VP explains why rich a-holes with helicopters and personal assistants don't get why you hate your commute appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Ex-Amazon VP explains why rich a-holes with helicopters and personal assistants don't get why you hate your commute
Photo of Google's Sergey Brin JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

This Gizmodo headline is a sign of the times: "Google's Sergey Brin Says Engineers Should Work 60-Hour Weeks in Office to Build AI That Could Replace Them."

Why are mega-rich executives demanding peasants return to their cubicle farms?

Because your corporate overlords' lives are absolutely nothing like yours, says a former Amazon VP who witnessed first-hand how the 0.001% live. — Read the rest

The post Ex-Amazon VP explains why rich a-holes with helicopters and personal assistants don't get why you hate your commute appeared first on Boing Boing.