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Too Much Tech Diminishes Work Relationships?
Lansdowne writes "The Seattle Times has an article today on Tim Sanders, a Yahoo exec who claims too much technology may be bad for your health. According to Sanders, small groups of engineers who went to completely electronic communication in their workgroups became 'very lonely, depressed, negative, anti-social, brilliant people.'"
'very lonely, depressed, negative, anti-social, brilliant people.' in other words, nothing changed
...I learned from Maxis' The Sims. If your or your Sim's social bar drops too low, bad things happen.
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man: no entry for woman in the manual.
"Qua!?"
My computer talks to me...
Isn't that right sweetie?
machines are going to take over the world ... so those anti-social rejects are just laying the groundwork for their future girlfriends...
I have noticed that as I have done most of my work remote this last year (remote desktop technologies instead of onsite visits, IM and e-mail instead of phone discussions) that I have become a surly bugger.
It has started to carry into my regular life: people are interruptions not whatever they used to be...
And here I am posting to slash.
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to explain why this article is complete nonsense but I'm too depressed, feel the world is against me and I really dont feel like talking to anyone. Plus I just got a new laptop to play with.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
lonely - certainly, since they get less face-to-face contact ;)
depressed - maybe, especially if they're feeling lonely
negative - Windows desktops will do that to you, they've done it to me
anti-social - it helps us be lazy and stay within our small team
brilliant - makes them brilliant? I doubt that. You're either brilliant or you're not. Modes of communication can't change that.
Developers: We can use your help.
very lonely, depressed, negative, anti-social, brilliant people
Proof that contact with the masses dumbs you down. ^_^
common sense: noun
What those who are ignorant of the subject matter think; usually wrong.
at all, damn users can't leave well enough alone, or me. Stop bothering me, if i want to talk to you i'll remove your email address from my spam filter.
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Emo Philips
Dubya: "Those techies aren't lonely, they just have no one to talk to, and speak with."
MoFscker
if it makes be brilliant, I don't mind also being depressed and antisocial.
'very lonely, depressed, negative, anti-social, brilliant people.'"
Wow, I can become brilliant.
I work from home. My coworker just IM'd me this link. You think they're trying to tell me something?
This quote from the article makes me wonder whether we're reading too much into it. This is someone who replaced face to face communication with his employees. That's not a problem with technology: that's him being irrespsonsible.
FOOL!! Don't you realize that it is impossible for him to be responsible for his own actions?! No one can exert any control over their own lives! We all dance to the music played by forces beyond our control! Have you already forgotten that fast food makes people fat by forcing them to overeat? Personal responsibility is a myth perpetuated by those who want to limit your personal litigation, er, freedom!
I'm already lonely, depressed, negative, and anti-social, but now i can become brilliant too! Sign me up!
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"They are dictated by the world of probablility and there can never be any certainty."
The one certainty is this: The CEO's secretary is going to be the biggest pain in your ass, support-wise.
I have something in common with Stephen Hawking...
since when are slashdot users brilliant?
'[blah], [blah], [blah], [blah], brilliant people.' Sounds good to me.