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Too Much Tech Diminishes Work Relationships?

Posted by michael on from the too-much-salt-spoils-the-soup dept.

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.'"

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  1. uhh by TapTapTheChisler · · Score: 5, Funny

    'very lonely, depressed, negative, anti-social, brilliant people.' in other words, nothing changed

    1. Re:uhh by red+floyd · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, they're lonely, depressed, negative because they had to deal with marketing!

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      The only reason we have the rights we have is that people just like us died to gain those rights. -- Cheerio Boy
  2. Everything I need to know... by PakProtector · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...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!?"

  3. Attitude by Godeke · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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    Sig under construction since 1998.
  4. Odd by Piquan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I work from home. My coworker just IM'd me this link. You think they're trying to tell me something?

  5. Re:Limits... by rainwalker · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!