Constantly turned on -- the bleak reality of being permanently connected

  • 16 August 2014
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By: Mark Wilson/ Posted on 8/16/2014
 
We expect, and are expected, to be contactable at any given moment -- and indeed we often expect the same of others. Send a text, and you expect a response. Pen an email, and you expect to receive one in return, and fast. Hit someone on Google chat and an all-but-instant reply is all but expected. Maybe this doesn’t sound like you, but I can guarantee that you fit on the spectrum, and also that the people you are in contact with make the same demands of you. When did this change? It used to be that you'd call a landline number and if you didn’t get a reply you might just try again a few hours later. The fact that we now carry mobiles with us virtually 24/7 means that it is weird if someone doesn't answer the call.
 
betanews/ full read here/ http://betanews.com/2014/08/16/constantly-turned-on-the-bleak-reality-of-being-permanently-connected/

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