To folks who think that Amazon is going to take over our robot-run future… Everyone’s darling Google (or shall I say AlphaBet?) is not that far behind. 
and it is not the self-driving car we are looking at but a (clumsy but steadily improving ) version of the Terminator running through the woods:
http://www.bgr.in/news/boston-dynamics-humanoid-video-demo-will-give-you-sleepless-nights/
And smaller players are all in:
Kiddie - LOL!!!
I thought this was interesting.
http://qz.com/482080/dear-jeff-bezos-i-wish-you-had-asked-for-my-feedback-sooner/
Either her husband is extraordinarily well-thought-of at his new job, or she is not very smart. But I agree that its an interesting piece.
this is not a surprise but it is not just amazon.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/08/20/facebook-co-founder-moskovitz-says-tech-industry-destroying-personal-lives/32084685/#cx_ab_test_id=13&cx_ab_test_variant=ctrl&cx_art_pos=1&cx_navSource=sechi-tech
I just had a conversation with somebody regarding this person we know at a defense company. She put in similar hours without the benefit of free dinner. Plus when she went in maternity she came back within a week, company usually pays for six week. So it’s this person is trying to prove she is close to a robot and everybody was wowing as if this was an accomplishment.
So there are some nut cases out there and they are not necessary in high tech.
When I was working in high tech, yes I stayed for dinner sometimes, but I didn’t work any harder, I socialized. My kids were well fed at home. But I only did it occasionally for convenience sake.