By David Shamah
Maybe it’s the recession – but for some reason, care and compassion seem to be back in vogue. Just a short time ago, Donald Trump was considered a top role model – a businessman who had clawed his way to success, tough as nails, whose favorite line during his stint as a TV star was “you’re fired.” Nowadays, it’s not nice to be not nice, and millions who sucked at the font of hyper-materialism have returned to core values of community and caring. Unfortunately, though, they’re a little out of practice, having forgotten what it takes to give a damn.
That [...]
By David Shamah
If you run say, a public utility like the gas company with gas valves all over town, how do you keep track of them?
Get a lot of eyes, that’s how! And indeed, not too long ago, that’s the way managers responsible for large deployments of electronic, computerized, or other devices had to manage security – by sending people into the field to do a “sweep” of the conditions of their equipment. The drawback with such a system is obvious – you have to spend a lot of money paying those eyes, and by the time they get around to checking [...]
