He reminds me of a Hollywood starlet that rose to fame by showing a lot of skin. After becoming a box office draw, with the money in the bank she now is to dignified and wants serious roles because she is an artist.
As for technology advances I can’t remember the last time I had lunch without someones phone going off and they stopped to answer it. Rude.
One techno guy told me if I didn’t reply to email within five minutes it didn’t look good.
The last straw was when there was a meeting and instead of talking to each other the people were emailing the person across the table about the meeting subject but wouldn’t speak out loud.
Likewise instant messaging can pretty effectively, short-circuit team dynamics in an office.
Rather than everyone talking about things, you get individuals with earbuds, in cubicles, sending instant messages between cubicles rather than working as a group.