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(BONUS AUDIO) “The Statistomat Pitch” by Chan Davis | Classic Science Fiction Story!

2025/6/9
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Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, Supernatural, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved
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讨论创建自由派版本的乔·罗根的播客主持人。
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推销员: 我向Borch先生介绍了一种新型的个性化统计机，旨在帮助富人更好地进行遗产规划和投资。我认为，拥有财富的人对社会负有特殊的责任，应该明智地管理和发展自己的资产。我们的统计机可以根据每个人的具体情况和偏好，制定个性化的财务计划，帮助他们实现财务目标。例如，我们可以根据客户的风险承受能力和收益预期，推荐不同的投资组合，确保他们的资产能够安全稳健地增长。此外，我们的统计机还可以帮助客户了解公司的偏好函数，从而更好地选择适合自己的股票。我相信，通过使用我们的统计机，客户可以更好地管理自己的财富，为社会做出更大的贡献。 Borch: 我对推销员的推销持怀疑态度，并试图找出其中的问题。我担心这种新型的统计机可能存在欺诈行为，或者会损害通用计算机公司的利益。因此，我假装对统计机很感兴趣，并不断向推销员提问，试图揭露他的真实意图。我特别关注统计机如何选择股票，以及它是否会推荐购买通用计算机公司的股票。最终，我成功地引诱推销员说出了一些不当言论，并以联邦贸易委员会调查员的身份逮捕了他。

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A salesman visits Mr. Borch to introduce the Statistomat, a personalized estate planning computer. He uses charts and a mock-up to illustrate how it works, comparing two hypothetical individuals with different investment strategies and risk tolerances. The mock-up is surprisingly functional.
  • Introduction of the Statistomat, a personalized estate planning computer
  • Salesman's use of charts and a functional mock-up to illustrate the Statistomat's capabilities
  • Comparison of two hypothetical individuals with different investment strategies and risk tolerances

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In a future where estate planning is controlled by talking machines and smooth-talking salesmen, one pitch meeting takes a sharp turn into corporate sabotage and high-tech deception.Originally published in Infinity Magazine, January 1958ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.