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The Killing IT Podcast


IT authors and entrepreneurs Ryan Morris, Karl Palachuk, and Dave Sobel provide commentary on the changing world of technology opportunities and emerging tech.

We want to expand the discussion from the SMB IT channel to all things tech - with one eye on the future and the other on profits. Join us!

Feb 8, 2022

Topic 1: The “Antiwork” movements, The Great Resignation, and the stupidest movement in America

You've seen the movement. But you may have missed the Reddit page. Did you miss the anti-work interview gone wrong? Check out 

https://mashable.com/article/antiwork-subreddit-fox-news-interview 

With some counterpoints on loyalty:

https://www.businessinsider.com/companies-loyalty-employers-workers-employees-great-resignation-jobs-quits-2022-1 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-01-24/amazon-employees-are-burned-out-and-leaving-their-jobs Amazexodus  


Topic 2: Apple Airtags Revisited: Bringing stalking to the masses.

Airtags are certainly not the only tags out there. But, as with all things, Apple brought them to the masses. And that includes the masses of criminals who somehow take everything good and misuse it.

Bad behavior includes following women from a bar after slipping an airtag in her bag, and tracking expensive cars so you can steal them more easily.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/20/apple-airtags-stalking-complaints-technology 

Scary video watched over 3.9 million times on TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@angel.edge95/video/7033117374861577477 


Topic 3: It's time for a Robot Roundup!

Where do we stand? Can (should) robots deliver booze? Do they have rights as pedestrians? Is outsourcing policing to them a good idea? Or should they just unload trucks?


https://www.zdnet.com/article/should-robots-be-able-to-deliver-booze/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 

https://www.axios.com/sidewalk-robots-legal-rights-pedestrians-821614dd-c7ed-4356-ac95-ac4a9e3c7b45.html 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dz7b/police-outsourcing-human-interaction-with-homeless-people-to-boston-dynamics-robot-dog  

https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/26/22902568/boston-dynamics-stretch-robot-logistics-dhl-deal 

https://listverse.com/2019/03/18/10-times-robots-were-brutally-assaulted-by-humans/ 

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