The reports detailed new tasks that the software designed based on continuously incoming statistical data. If they were, the tasks became standard. A friend of mine works late into the night, every night, her office one of a few dozen lighting up the windows of the building, casting lonely beacons to the outside world. My friend slaves over her computer, a computer attached to a network that never quiets. Lately, when I watch her eat a meal, her fingers seem to manipulate her fork and knife as if the utensils were actually computer keys.
Computers bring work home.
Computers are suited for performing job-related activities away from the job site. This is the most insidious way a computer ruins our lives. With computers at home, with laptops, and with networks to connect computers to each other, a home, a bus, or a train, easily become secondary work places. Business travelers can work on their commute, or on trips, or at the beach. People spend half their day at work surfing the Internet to do their shopping.