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Service companies will always need a human touch

In Johnny Mnemonic, the Keanu Reeves rendition of William Gibson’s awesome sci-fi short story, basic social interactions are performed by cyborgs or machines. And in a Clockwork Orange, machines serve “milk” at bars — no more bartenders. So does the future of service industries hold just vapid, emotionless interactions?Hells no. Bruce Temkin wrote on his [...]

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