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{{a|tech|}}Those mortal flesh sacks sitting in front of the telescreen, weeping bitter tears and wishing things could be otherwise. | {{a|tech|}}Those mortal flesh sacks sitting in front of the telescreen, weeping bitter tears and wishing things could be otherwise. | ||
The last skirmishes of retreating [[substance]] in the face of the overwhelming firepower of [[form]]. | |||
''You'' and ''[[me]]'', brothers and sisters. | ''You'' and ''[[me]]'', brothers and sisters. | ||
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The main problem with many [[Banner IT project|millenarian tech implementations]]. It's all great, in theory. But you have to deal with [[Lawyer|luddites]], [[management consultant|morons]], [[Sales|charlatans]] — and perfectly likeable, sensible people who are just used to working in a certain way, and quite like it. {{tag|Technology}} impresarios cannot control the meatware, believe it to be fundamentally flawed — {{br|Human, all too Human}}, after all, and therefore feel justified in ignoring the meatware altogether when manipulating their equations. | The main problem with many [[Banner IT project|millenarian tech implementations]]. It's all great, in theory. But you have to deal with [[Lawyer|luddites]], [[management consultant|morons]], [[Sales|charlatans]] — and perfectly likeable, sensible people who are just used to working in a certain way, and quite like it. {{tag|Technology}} impresarios cannot control the meatware, believe it to be fundamentally flawed — {{br|Human, all too Human}}, after all, and therefore feel justified in ignoring the meatware altogether when manipulating their equations. | ||
This is a tremendous mistake, for {{maxim|you can lead the | This is a tremendous mistake, for {{maxim|you can lead the meatware to the application, but you can’t make it populate the metadata}}. | ||
===On the difference between humans and machines=== | ===On the difference between humans and machines=== | ||
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*[[IT strategy]] | *[[IT strategy]] | ||
*[[Artificial intelligence]] (being a kind of wisdom not possessed by the [[meatware]]. | *[[Artificial intelligence]] (being a kind of wisdom not possessed by the [[meatware]]. | ||
*[[Substance and form]] | |||