5. The problem with this co-evolution
• It is...
• not evenly distributed
• adopted slowly
• not well understood
• not a truth but a discussion
• can’t be ignored anymore
• hard to anticipate
30. Private life invades work
• A typical user spends 80% of his or her time communicating with just four other people.
• People are using different communications technologies (fixed-line calls, mobile calls,
texting, IM,VOiP) in distinct and divergent ways.
• There is a flattening in voice communication and an increase in written channels.
• Instead of work invading private life, private communications are
invading the workplace.
• People generally do not work while on the move: hotel rooms and airports are not seen
as an appropriate environment for substantive work and are mainly used for e-mail.
• Migrants are the most advanced users of communications technology.
The economist, “Home truths about telecoms”