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Tech Makes Working Harder

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the unless-you-work-on-the-intertron dept.

Ant wrote to mention a C|Net article exploring U.S. workers' productivity. People say they actually accomplish less now than they did a decade ago. Research blames technology as the culprit. From the article: "Technology has sped everything up and, by speeding everything up, it's slowed everything down, paradoxically ... We never concentrate on one task anymore. You take a little chip out of it, and then you're on to the next thing ... It's harder to feel like you're accomplishing something.'"

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  1. you know this is true by Paua+Fritter · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Technology has sped everything up and, by speeding everything up, it's slowed everything down, paradoxically ... We never concentrate on one task anymore. You take a little chip out of it, and then you're on to the next thing ... "

    +1 true.
    I had to post a reply to this even though I was right in the middl

  2. And furthermore... by qwertphobia · · Score: 4, Funny

    And furthermore, I think that society today ...

    What? One billion songs? wow! I still gotta get that new Santana CD. Let me see if it hit Amazon yet. Oh, cool, there's a sale on Digital cameras!

    Now, where was I?

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  3. Re:Not a technology problem by lawaetf1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    True, but I don't think Ralph was getting SMS'd, faxed, emailed, called, IM'd, while off writing. :)

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