{"id":1112,"date":"2025-11-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/?p=1112"},"modified":"2026-10-05T20:21:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T18:21:05","slug":"the-hollow-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/2025\/11\/12\/the-hollow-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hollow Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(after T. S. Eliot, AI generated)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">We are the hollow employees,<br>We are the measured ones,<br>Leaning together under sterile light,<br>Our faces pale in the glow of screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Our words are data,<br>Our silence\u2014logged.<br>When we whisper, dashboards listen;<br>when we breathe, the network hums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Shape without pulse,<br>Motion without memory,<br>Routine without rebellion,<br>Dreams outsourced to code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Those who have crossed into automation\u2019s realm<br>Remember us\u2014if they remember\u2014<br>Not as souls, but as systems,<br>Ghosts compliant to the forecast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Between the task and the meaning<br>Falls the algorithm.<br>Between the question and the answer<br>Falls the algorithm.<br>Between the human and the hour<br>Falls the algorithm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">For thine is the Pattern,<br>and the Platform, and the Power,<br>Forever and ever.<br>Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This is the way the worker ends,<br>This is the way the worker ends,<br>This is the way the worker ends\u2014<br>Not with a cry,<br>But with a ping.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(after T. S. Eliot, AI generated) We are the hollow employees,We are the measured ones,Leaning together under sterile light,Our faces pale in the glow of screens. Our words are data,Our silence\u2014logged.When we whisper, dashboards listen;when we breathe, the network hums. Shape without pulse,Motion without memory,Routine without rebellion,Dreams outsourced to code. Those who have crossed into automation\u2019s realmRemember us\u2014if they remember\u2014Not as souls, but as systems,Ghosts compliant to the forecast. Between the task and the meaningFalls the algorithm.Between the question and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/2025\/11\/12\/the-hollow-employees\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,143,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pensees","category-theme-entreprises-et-affaires","category-theme-intelligence-artificielle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1114,"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}