These days, as many people constantly carry their smartphone with them, it has become the norm rather than the exception to constantly be reachable.
However, the need to be reachable at any time and at any place isn’t equally strong around the world. While the large majority of people in Russia and China consider it important to be reachable nonstop, internet users in Germany, Japan and Canada still feel the need to disconnect every now and then. The United States ranks somewhere in between as the chart below, based on data published by GfK, illustrates.
You will find more statistics at Statista
We seem to be on the same page :- )
https://bizcatalyst360.com/work-is-it-irrelevant/
It would be interesting to compare productivity growth with always being connected. Connection help convey what IS happening but not what SHOULD be happening.
which reminds me – I SHOULD be writing next week’s article – but instead I am reading THIS weeks articles ….. but I do find the second contributes heavily to the first :- )