Microsoft Ad Campaign Serves As Unpleasant Reminder of the Dystopian Present

“That’s why we built Bing:  it’s not just a search engine, it’s a decision engine!”

Good going, Microsoft.  Way to put out an ad campaign that reminds us that not only do you decide what the rest of us are forced to use on most of the PC’s that we will encounter at home, work, and school, but that you now have developed an algorithm with the ability to make life-altering decisions for us.

“Because the world doesn’t need just another search engine, it needs a decision engine!”

More like dystopian engine.  Look at this.  Microsoft Bing doesn’t even have any answers for us here, just a giant list of problems.  Gawd, isn’t that just the most disturbing thing you’ve ever seen?

Probably.  I should show you something funny now.

I just love the description of the “Leningrad Cowboys” whoever posted this put up:  ”The songs, all somewhat influenced by polka and progressive rock, and performed in English, have themes such as ‘vodka’, ‘tractors’, ‘rockets’, and ‘Genghis Khan’.”  Classic.

- sf1

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