Comments on: I welcome our Gmail overlords http://www.erebor.com/2008/05/21/i-welcome-our-gmail-overlords/ Views from the mountain Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:43:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-almost-beta hourly 1 By: rew http://www.erebor.com/2008/05/21/i-welcome-our-gmail-overlords/#comment-4379 rew Fri, 30 May 2008 15:09:36 +0000 http://www.erebor.com/?p=149#comment-4379 Heh - exactly. As Tony said, a lot of this is simply dealing with something unfamiliar. I think that people realize very little about how much information is readily available to any interested party, all the time. Stuff like keyword-matching that Google does is relatively innocuous. Heh - exactly. As Tony said, a lot of this is simply dealing with something unfamiliar. I think that people realize very little about how much information is readily available to any interested party, all the time. Stuff like keyword-matching that Google does is relatively innocuous.

]]> By: Nate http://www.erebor.com/2008/05/21/i-welcome-our-gmail-overlords/#comment-4378 Nate Fri, 30 May 2008 14:32:18 +0000 http://www.erebor.com/?p=149#comment-4378 Good thing these same people haven't seen Google Analytics or the Street view on Google Maps. They'd probably become catatonic. Good thing these same people haven’t seen Google Analytics or the Street view on Google Maps. They’d probably become catatonic.

]]> By: tonymaro http://www.erebor.com/2008/05/21/i-welcome-our-gmail-overlords/#comment-4368 tonymaro Sat, 24 May 2008 03:09:44 +0000 http://www.erebor.com/?p=149#comment-4368 I think it's a psychological response that triggers the hairs on the back of your neck. Your mind suddenly thinks someone is watching your every move, simply because an automated program watching keywords in the document triggered a revelent ad. Kind of like why people personify robots. Our brains aren't really hard wired to work in the digital age. I think it’s a psychological response that triggers the hairs on the back of your neck. Your mind suddenly thinks someone is watching your every move, simply because an automated program watching keywords in the document triggered a revelent ad.

Kind of like why people personify robots. Our brains aren’t really hard wired to work in the digital age.

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