Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ibm pollyanna principle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: ib-m pollyan-na prin-ci-ple
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The axiom that "machines should work; people should think".

Example Sentences

"e.g. machines should do all the hard work, freeing people to think (hence the reference to Pollyanna)"
"e.g. most of the world's major problems result from machines that fail to work, and people who fail to think."

Etymology

From Pollyanna principle, and in reference to the technology company IBM.

Inflected Forms

the IBM Pollyanna Principle (canonical)

Questions

What does ibm pollyanna principle mean?: The axiom that "machines should work; people should think".
Where does ibm pollyanna principle come from?: From Pollyanna principle, and in reference to the technology company IBM.

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