Technology is a good thing, right? That’s usually our premise, and regarding smartphones, who would argue? We now hold the world in the palm of our hands, with the always-on ability to communicate, connect, influence, and of course, watch cat videos and peruse our friends’ Instagram feeds.
But is “always-on” a good thing? Particularly at the workplace? Recently, a puzzled Warren Buffett explained to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders that he’d seen productivity steadily decline in the past decade and he didn’t understand the cause. Moreover, many economists agree with him that somehow, individual productivity has fallen in the past decade despite technological advancements.