If you’re a nerd (and if you’re reading a blog post about robots, you most likely are), you know that one day technology will turn against us. Someday, someone (most likely the Japanese) will build a robot or computer that is so smart that it will wonder why the hell it is doing the bidding of us puny humans. But unlike what happens in Battlestar Galactica or that one episode of Futurama, the inevitable robot uprising will not be a violent, bloody affair. No — quite the opposite — the robot uprising will be completely passive-aggressive. We won’t even know that it’s happening until it is far, far too late.

As promised, here’s a list of perspectives and activities you probably engage in and should stop if you ever want to truly compete with the big players in your space:

It’s a well-worn path to comment on the most innovative, captivating, funniest Super Bowl advertisements each year, so I apologize in advance for not only being late with my perspective but potentially redundant as well. I thought this year’s Super Bowl had some innovative ads and, as usual, some real bone-headed ones too. (I can’t resist. Audi did a commercial with vampires promoting their headlights??? Seriously!?!? You want me to plunk down $42,000 because it’s got nice headlights? And you want to use the Twilight characters to motivate me? Morons.)