Automation Debaters Gifts

"Of course you couldn't be replaced by an app. It would take at least two."

"He's taught himself work-life balance."

"Uh-oh...it's starting to delegate work to me."

Dialogue

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

"I fear one day our jobs will be taken over by technology."

"Now that's a win."

The Proust of Twitter

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

Changing Minds

"Mainstream? Who's to say what's mainstream?"

'Don't bite. They're trolling again.'

"We broke up. I wanted a proprietary platform - she wanted open source."

"You'll do everything...accounting, marketing, manufacturing...with no pay or benefits...and three years from now we'll trade you in for a newer, sexier model."

"Your job is to build an app that replaces you."

"He'll never win this negotiation. He's saddled with numbers...but we have anecdotes."

"Honey, come quick! This guy in the comments section just solved the Middle East crisis."

"On the contrary, Bosworth, it's YOU who has lost all perspective."

"The boss expects us all to be robots."

"I had a great weekend... My Grandpa talked about the war again and my Dad about his most daring facebook comments!"

"Ever notice how grateful people are when you present them with facts contrary to their beliefs?"

The Church of DanaeDanaeism: 'And let such sacrilege go uncontested? Never! I demand equal time for alternate explanations of things.'

"Before automation how did humans endure work?"

Employee of the Month

'I'm now going to open the floor to questions.'

Smith and Hobson: People replacing people with apps and robots since 2009.

'I don't want to talk to any flunkies. Put me straight through to the computer.'

Like Minded

And now, for a rebuttal.

'I can watch T.V. shows on the computer, so who needs a TV?'