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Amazon is symbolized by a faceless box 📦
This Amazon article in The Wall St. Journal caught my eye:
- Shipping = less community connection. A shipping box represents Amazon. The shipping box is the antithesis of local engagement and support.
- The smile logo is a scam: Robots don't smile. The box is faceless (don’t let the smile logo fool you). It’s not a person at your local store. This appears to be intentional: Amazon doesn’t seem to care that much about elevating people—its website is a similarly faceless and people-less place. It’s often hard to find out who is even selling a product on the site. Amazon seems very interested in elevating robots and technology over workers—who are our family and friends. Robots don't smile.
- Shoppers are fueling robots and community disintegration. This sales funnel is a two-way street: People who shop on Amazon are enabling this approach to business and our communities.
- Big-box, boxes, and local shops. Local stores have feared big-box stores for years. But it was the big cardboard box that may have been the real threat.
Read the full article:
https://www.wsj.com/finance/amazon-tariff-trade-war-china-f2707c7e?st=4eR1xH&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink
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