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Just watched a documentary about Foxconn which tries to filter out suicidal employees. Sure Facebook's profiling would be useful for many companies who put a high pressure, and their HR depts. Not sure humanity is progressing, though.


> which tries to filter out suicidal employees

The cynic in me says they don't particularly care about the high suicide rate of assembly line factory workers in China, as long as said factory workers don't off themselves while on company property or at the company dormitory. Because that's bad PR, guys.


> Not sure humanity is progressing, though.

What would constitute humanity progressing? Would evolution count? Would it count if it appeared in the shape of weeding out suicidal people?




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