Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 15th June 2015

Dilbert//9557, first published 11 years ago on Monday 15th June 2015

Tags

business ethics, dying, death, health, health tracker, heart rate monitor, ads, scare, fitbit, smart watch, medical

Official transcript

Dilbert Comic Strip Series - The smartwatch project

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THE HEALTH SENSORS AND PREDICTIVE ALGORITHMS YOU BUILT INTO OUR SMART WATCH ARE TOO GOOD PEOPLE ARE FREAKED OUT BECAUSE IT SENDS ALERTS TO THEIR PHONES WHEN THEY HAVE FIVE MINUTES LEFT TO LIVE.

ISN'T THAT USEFUL?

IT WAS, UNTIL WE STARTED SENDING PAID ADS AS ALERTS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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