Comments on: Do you have an Extreme Job? http://hip2b2.yutivo.org/2007/02/25/do-you-have-an-extreme-job/ Mobile, Security, Web 2.0, Pipe Dreams and More Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:18:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: wyuwp http://hip2b2.yutivo.org/2007/02/25/do-you-have-an-extreme-job/#comment-19443 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:33:05 +0000 http://hip2b2.yutivo.org/2007/02/25/do-you-have-an-extreme-job/#comment-19443 Here is a <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/6411495.stm" rel="nofollow">BBC article</a> on how technology is making the extreme jobs above possible. <blockquote> One major consequence of this phenomenon is that the line between work and private life is much more blurred, now that e-mail and phones provide a 24-hour link between employers and staff. Experts believe that even the decision-making process of the average person can be adversely affected. However, others think that the bombardment of various communications can enhance the brain's ability to process information. </blockquote> The interesting note is that this phenomenon has all the symptoms of an addiction. Are extreme workers technology addicts too? Here is a BBC article on how technology is making the extreme jobs above possible.

One major consequence of this phenomenon is that the line between work and private life is much more blurred, now that e-mail and phones provide a 24-hour link between employers and staff. Experts believe that even the decision-making process of the average person can be adversely affected. However, others think that the bombardment of various communications can enhance the brain’s ability to process information.

The interesting note is that this phenomenon has all the symptoms of an addiction. Are extreme workers technology addicts too?

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