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Robots. Abundance for All, or Just the Survivors?

And Why Are the New Robots All White?
Robots. Abundance for All, or Just the Survivors?
I loved robots when I was a kid. They seemed to be everywhere in popular culture. From the Amazing Magical Robot Game, an educational toy that appeared in my Christmas stocking, to the weekly dose of “Danger, Will Robinson” while watching the cult American classic series Lost in Space, I was hooked. So when I was seven or eight years old and "Tricky’s" the local toy shop, put one in their shop window, I had to have it. Beyond the reach of my pocket money, I devised “The Robot Club” with... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Saturday, December 27, 2025 9:55:00 PM Categories: Artificial Intelligence Dystopia Economics Marketing Philosophy Politics Racism Robots Sustainability Tech Technology Thought
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Marketing Memories from the UK to Spain

Fondly remembering the days when marketers used to give stuff away!
Kids like me who grew up in the 1960s probably had one advantage over all generations of children before or since in that we were the greatest beneficiaries of the boom-time of incentive marketing. If you were born any earlier the economy wasn't quite so strong and so marketers were being a little more thrifty and if you were born a little later, well the bean counters kind of took over and clamped down on frivolous spending. But for about a decade and a half there was a period of... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, May 24, 2020 1:50:00 PM Categories: Economy Incentive Marketing Marketing Spain
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