What worries me about the usual criticism of instruments such as the Blackberry, the mobile phone, the portable computer, etc. is that executives apparently in control do not take the easy step to regain 'control', pressing the off button.
If executives cannot be relied upon to take this simple steps should not be left remotely close to any lever of power of our companies.
Come on guys, stop complaining and get a grip!
Onésimo Alvarez-Moro
See article:
Members of the Knights of Columbus Adult Education Committee, agonising nearly 80 years ago about the socially disruptive power of technology, would surely have had a thing or two to say about the BlackBerry.
These worthies, part of a Catholic fraternity in the US dedicated to self-help, were alert to the dark side of the supposed progress of their day. As recounted by Claude Fischer*, the committee posed some intriguing questions about the spread of new technology. For instance: “Does the telephone make men more active or more lazy?”
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