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>the Jennifer Unit, an earpiece that directs warehouse pickers to collect products by breaking down instructions into the most mindless, idiot-proof steps.

That makes me think of the story of Manna, which predicted something like this. http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm

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That's exactly what I thought of. I thought, dear god, it's real. I really hope someone didn't read Manna and think, gee, that sounds like a good idea!

I have to disagree with Marshall Brain's "solution" to the problem. When I read those final chapters, I couldn't help but think the Vertebrane system was subtly and insidiously even worse than Manna.

I just read it, it's a great story. I can see some obvious drawbacks to Vertebrane (I like my privacy), but I can't imagine it being worse than Manna.

Privacy was my first concern about it, too. Okay, so maybe not worse than Manna, but at least as bad as, if in a different way.

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