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The consequence for me physically is that I am sitting too much and I have chronic back and neck pain, as well as tendonitis, from repeated motion and leaning into a computer monitor. I email with a colleague two office doors down from me rather than arranging a meeting. … Also, we text and email in most of our personal communications now, too, rather than speaking by phone or meeting up in person. – or filling out a survey like this one! I would much rather be having this conversation via a phone survey than sitting and typing at my computer. We do everything electronically now -communications, writing/documentation, searching for information, etc. Carolyn HeinrichĬarolyn Heinrich, professor of public policy, education and economics at Vanderbilt University, wrote, “If someone would have told me I was going to spend 10-12 hours in front of a computer most days to do my job, I would never have chosen my current occupation, but it seems like most jobs these days require constant computer use. If someone would have told me I was going to spend 10-12 hours in front of a computer most days to do my job, I would never have chosen my current occupation, but it seems like most jobs these days require constant computer use.

The following anecdotes speak to the themes that the internet has not helped some users’ well-being. But their own lives and observations give testimony that there are ways in which digital life has ill-served some participants. There were considerably fewer complaints about the personal impact among these expert respondents.