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Inside: Your boss wants to use surveillance data to cut your wages; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/06/empiricism-washing/
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Michael Moore@pluralistic Great example of surveillance pricing for those who haven't seen it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osxr7xSxsGo
But it's not liking shopping in person is going to be much of a fix, considering the number of places rolling out digital price tags. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/03/electronic-shelf-labels-are-taking-over-us-grocery-stores.html
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
GLC"What we found will shock you."
Oh so clever I must read it now.
I'm perfectly willing to take your word for the quality of the report, but at the same time, if they put "dog food" on the label the tendency is to expect dog food in the can.
I'm particularly grouchy right now as I was listening to a Chopin sonata on YouTube and halfway through it became a Hertz commercial so that ended that.
- No, strike that, I'm always grouchy these days. At least until he dies,
/grouch