The tech trap
AskAsa
6/30/2011 10:50:29 AM
Technology hasn't made us stupid, but it's enhanced the abilities we have to broadcast our stupidity to an ever wider audience. Once, you embarassed yourself in front of a few people. Now, the whole world laughs. And its not laughing with you.
Inflated Egos and Power
PAW
6/25/2011 12:41:41 AM
History is full of examples of people in power – Presidents to Congressman to Celebrities and CEOs- that come to believe that they can do what they want without consequences. Because of their power, their ego becomes so inflated that they really think they are above that law; that they can do what they want and not get caught (or deny it if they do). But, with the technology avaible today - internet, tweets, etc, stupid behaviur is more easily detected.
Re: in due time
Tenacious
6/14/2011 8:52:09 PM
I still don't like tattoos. But I really dislike stupidity...not that any of us is immune to it. But the thing is, one mistaken tweet is one thing. A pattern is another. And what idiot takes shots of his own flabby ass naked body? It's just weird.
in due time
Scott
6/13/2011 9:31:31 PM
Eventually, these scandals won't be scandals any more and it will be accepted that people do stupid things online. The question then will be, at what age do you take people's online actions seriously because you'll have tweets going back to your teen years that follow you.
I'm not saying we shouldn't be outraged about these things, but eventually the outrage about these things will fade the way the outrage about tattoos has.
Behave yourself, I agree.
And would only add that the continual stream of scandal makes it harder on the good politician or CEO. The ones who actually do it right, still have to live under some suspicion because we're always wondering if they've done something stupid too and it just hasn't come out yet.
BTW - welcome to the investor uprising community.
The best way for a business to prevent damage from negative publicity is to just "do right."
Too often the person(s) running a business chooses to implement unfair, unethical or inhumane practices, and then when they get caught and have to face the music- such as public outrage, investigations and media coverage- they want to become indignant and play the victim card.
If these guys would just behave in a fair, ethical manner and take into consideration how their business decisions affect the rest of the world (not just share holders and board members), then they wouldn't get into so much hot water.
Regarding sexy scandals, if people would just stop behaving in selfish, emotionally immature and brazenly irresponsible ways then they wouldn't get smeared in public.
Every action results in a reaction. Everything a person does has a conseqence.
Why is that so hard to grasp? Think before you act!
Re: Dodging the damage from talk and tweets
ProfR
6/9/2011 11:53:30 AM
Yes, you are right - we have all hit the email send button too fast. I think speed is the issue today. In the past, if you wrote a memo to someone, you would proofread it and make sure the address was right before you sent it. Today you can post pictures, send emails, do a tweet instantly. Most of the time that is great. However, I think if you are sending something that is important or includes propriatary info, it might make sense to step back and check it first before you hit the send button.
Re: Dodging the damage from talk and tweets
Phoenix
6/9/2011 10:32:12 AM
I just realised that most of us have made some kind of a mistake when sending e-mail or posting on the web. This really is scary. Luckily we have not made huge blunders but everyone of our mistakes could have led to a bigger crisis. I know being careful is important.... but when we are in a hurry or concentrating on something else... we never know what we might do...
Maintaining separate accounts might not be enough... and if you have so many different types of online information sources to send your information through how are we ever going to concentrate on all of them and make sure everything goes to the right place?
Re: Dodging the damage from talk and tweets
ProfR
6/8/2011 6:27:22 PM
Yes, you are correct. You need to think before you hit the send key....
Re: Dodging the damage from talk and tweets
Noreen Seebacher
6/8/2011 5:03:34 PM
Email can be very dangerous...especially if you forward any work email to your personal account. Doing so then opens your personal account to discovery in the event of a lawsuit. How many of us are careful at work, but have messages in our personal account that we want to keep private?
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