The Ironic Turn Toward Stifling Emotion

In today's world, one of the great ironies is that many people want to be more like robots while robots are becoming more like people. 

Instead of expressing genuine emotions like anger and disgust, we are "disappointed." And instead of calling a problem a problem, any politically correct pundit knows they had better say "issue" if they want to survive the cold mechanistic jungle in which they work and play.

Meanwhile, researchers are doing their best to make robots express emotions just like human beings—like human beings used to, at any rate.

Ironic?

I think so.