AI(115) “Technology ultimately separates and alienates people more than it serves to bring them together.”

AA(114)The following appeared in a memorandum from the director of research and development at Ready-to-Ware, a software engineering firm.

“The package of benefits and incentives that Ready-to-Ware offers to professional staff is too costly. Our quarterly profits have declined since the package was introduced two years ago, at the time of our incorporation. Moreover, the package had little positive effect, as we have had only marginal success in recruiting and training high-quality professional staff. To become more profitable again, Ready-to-Ware should, therefore, offer the reduced benefits package that was in place two years ago and use the savings to fund our current research and development initiatives.”