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On Mon, 18 Sep 1995, <rgcolon -at- MAILBOX -dot- SYR -dot- EDU> wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 1995, Richard G Harris wrote:
> > I am an avid telecommuter.
> >
> > But I'm kind of curious about the social costs -- particularly as it
> > relates to somewhat impersonal world of e-mail. Has anyone ever done a
> > study or done research?
> >
> > Dick Harris
> > rgh -at- world -dot- std -dot- com
> "Change that matters"
> The social cost is greater than we care to think about. This has been
> an era of continuous change, and we have not noticed the things we have
> lost along the way. We have changed our working environment to a less
> social environment, which involves less personal activities among the
> co-workers. It is the lillte things in life that change things the most.
> Roberto Giovanni,
> rgcolon -at- mailbox -dot- syr -dot- edu
