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A World Without Email:
Constant communication is not something that gets in the way of real work; it has instead become totally intertwined in how this work actually gets done…
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A World Without Email:
The Hyperactive Hive Mind: A workflow centered around ongoing conversation fueled by unstructured and unscheduled messages delivered through digital communication tools…
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A World Without Email:
…context switches, even if brief, introduce a heavy cost in terms of mental energy – reducing cognitive performance and creating a sense of exhaustion…
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A World Without Email:
…this constant state of unease is a low-grade background hum of anxiety that many inbox-bound knowledge workers have come to assume is unavoidable…
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A World Without Email:
Our belief that frenetic communication is somehow synonymous with work is largely a backfilled narrative we tell ourselves to make sense of sudden changes…
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A World Without Email:
The future of work is increasingly cognitive.
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A World Without Email:
…the hive mind, though convenient, is a disastrously ineffective way to organize our efforts.
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A World Without Email:
…if we want to extract the full potential of digital network in professional settings, we must continually and aggressively try to optimize how we use them.
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