The article did imply that it's not the technology but the application that makes people hate it. They hated phones when that's what work used. Now they hate email. When the text generation goes to work, they'll use text, and then "everyone" will hate it. Meanwhile people may switch to something else for personal use.
But look at the signal loss. We've gone from face-to-face work communication, which included total information; to phone, which lost visual but included audio; to email, which also lost visual for body language but gained the useful abilities to control timing, polish before sending, and review later; to text, which has none of the advantages of earlier formers, but is merely short.
There's actually a scene in "Lucifer" where Lucifer sent Amenadiel a string of emojis about the climax of the previous season, and Amenadiel came to him in person to ask what the hell it meant. Lucifer had to translate.
Now imagine that happening at work. Won't this be fun?
You and your dog are just 10-20 years ahead of the curve. It'll take that long for other people to figure out what a fucking stupid idea this is.
*sigh* I wish everyone had the Amish rule of "Before adopting a new piece of technology, first consider the impact it will have. If it does more harm than good, don't adopt it." I don't draw the line in the same place they do, but I sure latched onto that rule the moment I discovered it. This has saved me many headaches.
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dancing_serpent
Re: Hear, hear!
Date: 2018-08-12 05:41 pm (UTC)But look at the signal loss. We've gone from face-to-face work communication, which included total information; to phone, which lost visual but included audio; to email, which also lost visual for body language but gained the useful abilities to control timing, polish before sending, and review later; to text, which has none of the advantages of earlier formers, but is merely short.
There's actually a scene in "Lucifer" where Lucifer sent Amenadiel a string of emojis about the climax of the previous season, and Amenadiel came to him in person to ask what the hell it meant. Lucifer had to translate.
Now imagine that happening at work. Won't this be fun?
You and your dog are just 10-20 years ahead of the curve. It'll take that long for other people to figure out what a fucking stupid idea this is.
*sigh* I wish everyone had the Amish rule of "Before adopting a new piece of technology, first consider the impact it will have. If it does more harm than good, don't adopt it." I don't draw the line in the same place they do, but I sure latched onto that rule the moment I discovered it. This has saved me many headaches.