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Social
impacts of telework
Introduction
Depending on the people,
the situation, and on how it's applied, telework (and information
technology) can be bad for human interaction.
For example, as we get more
'wired', transactions like tele-banking, tele-education, tele-work,
tele-medicine etc. can decrease face-to-face interaction. This is not so
good if you believe that people are social beings.
Some of the negative symptoms
include workaholism, "on-line
obsession" or feelings of isolation and
being 'out the loop'.
We can counteract some of
these problems is we first recognize and accept the risk, then by dealing
with the symptoms. True, we need to be disciplined about 'shutting it off' at the end of the
day, or "getting a life", and not staying too long in front of
"the boob tube" (computer monitor as well as TV) etc. But we
humans are complex animals, and the solutions are more complicated than
that. So stay tuned for more information.
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