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Papersatan:
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--- Quote ---The Internet is no longer just about email, ecommerce or Twitter. “We are at an inflection point,” says Joe Salvo, manager of Complex Systems Engineering Laboratory at GE Global Research. “The next wave of productivity will connect brilliant machines and people.”
But before that happens, they must find a common language. “It’s still like the Tower of Babel,” Salvo says. “We need to bring them together in powerful new networks.”
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I have a question which is important for reasons. Did you assume I was posting it as a random thought about technology, or did the quote strike anyone as amusing? If you thought it was funny, can you tell me why? (I am currently trying to make a point about this quote elsewhere, but running into that problem where you can't tell if your understanding is widely held)
Pilchard123:
Because the building of the Tower of Babel caused its builders to have their language confused, scattering them?
Papersatan:
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snalin:
Yeah, the metaphor used is the direct opposite of what Joe's trying to say.
Barmymoo:
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but to me it reads like he's saying "it's like the Tower of Babel, everyone's scattered and speaking different languages, we need to fix that". Is that not what he's trying to say?
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