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 - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags business ethics, dying, death, health, health tracker, heart rate monitor, ads, scare, fitbit, smart watch, medical

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Boss: The health sensors and predictive algorithms you built into our smart watch are too good. People are freaked out because it sends alerts to their phones when they have five minutes left to live. Dilbert: Isn't that useful? Boss: It was, until we started sending paid ads as alerts.

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