What's in ISOS3?
More!
- More completely avoidable positioning disasters by such luminaries as Microsoft (Windows 8) and Amazon (Fire Phone).
- More stupid PR tricks!
- More clueless high-tech CEOs!
- More high-tech ageism!
- More up-to-date cases studies (but the classics remain)!
- More cultish company cultures!
- More cartoons!
- More insightful analyses of industry trends and future technologies!
What's New!
- STEVE JOBS DISEASE BREAKS OUT NATIONWIDE! CEOs nationwide start wearing black turtlenecks while screaming "disruption!" It all culminates in Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos, and the slaughter of billions of innocent investment dollars.
- JEFF BEZOS CENSORS THE WORLD! Using its monopoly/monpsonie power, Amazon can can now control what books you can see and read. What could possibly go wrong?
- THE BIG SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES DECIDE THAT HALF OF AMERICA SUCKS! And so does the First Amendment! No Parler for you, American proles! It's all working out wonderfully as half the country returns the sentiment.
- ARON SORKIN WRITES A STEVE JOBS MOVIE WITHOUT A SINGLE FACT IN IT! (Well, there was a Steve Jobs.)
- YOUTUBE DISCOVERS ORTHODOX JEW BEN SHAPIRO IS A NAZI! (No, seriously.)
- CHINA CREATES THE WORLD'S MOST EVIL SOCIAL NETWORK. (Tik Tok). Americans clamor to join!
- GOOGLE TURNS SEARCH ENGINE INTO "THE MATRIX!" Billions trapped in fake virtual reality!
- AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!
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