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Always on, always connected, always transacting.

In A Small View of a Possible World I raise the question whether being always on, always connected, always transacting  is a good thing.

Today, by way of 43 Folders comes this article, (Some) Attention Must Be Paid!, by Stephen Levy

The pithy comment in the article is attributed to Linda Stone, a former executive at Apple and Microsoft; "Constantly being accessible makes  you inaccessible."

Perhaps technology has improved our productivity, but impaired our ability to be innovative. 

Posted on Friday, March 31, 2006 at 12:02PM by Registered CommenterJames Drogan | CommentsPost a Comment

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