Technostress, John Henry, and avatar immunity.
Advancing technology has always been hard on those not prepared for it,
those left behind.
Those who are ready have a different story.
Some of us have been living in virtual worlds as avatars. We had no technostress on lockdown
Flying Saucers Return Episode 1
- Technostress
- John Henry
- John Henry paid the ultimate price of technostress.
- He died with his hammer in his hand.
- They didn't know it was technostress in those days.
- But he was dealing with a new technology--the steam hammer.
- Sadly, he was not ready to deal with it effectively.
- So he died with his hammer in his hand.
Technostress does not come from technology
- After the break
Technostress does not come from technology
- The Deer-in-the-Headlight Model for Problem-Solving
- The stress comes from not being ready for change.
- The early adopters have a different story.
- The avatar community has lived on the internet for years.
- We had no technostress because we were comfortable with the tech.
Avatar immunity
- Avatar
- Virtual world
- The avatar community gets together in virtual worlds.
- We've been doing that for years.
- Virtual reality is not new and it is not expensive. The new and expensive: stereoscopic (VR) headsets.
Here are some video playlists:
- Do we sound technostressed?
- Comedy (NSFW)
- Kitely
- Web-worlds
- Educators
- Virtual worlds
- Writers
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