Has Technology Created More Stress?

(MYFOX NATIONAL) – An article from MSNBC's The Red Tape Chronicles last week highlights the growing truth that oftentimes (despite what many of us assume to be true) the higher the work-saving, time-saving, trouble-saving technology, the higher the stress

Futurists and gadgetphiles wait with baited breath for the next bleeding edge innovation to save us from stress, free up our time from mundane tasks and give us the life we saw on the Jetsons, like flying cars, computerized, automatic kitchens and a robotic maid.

Web sites like Engaget and SyFy's Dvice site spotlight technological advances that should bring that longed after Jetsons lifestyle closer. It's easy to forget, however, the sound of Jetson's voice when his technologically-advanced dog walking treadmill went haywire before every episode and he screamed "How do you stop this crazy thing!?"

According to the MSNBC article , technology, while beneficial, has not provided bounty free from price. "Technology has filled our world with modern miracles," the article reads. "But all this progress has not come without a price."

George Jetson could have told you that.

The MSNBC article also cites the book TechnoStress by Dr. Michelle Weil and Dr. Larry Rosen, which addresses the fact that in an age of supposed technological ease, "the simple life" after which many of long is no longer "simple."

Technologically derived stress isn't limited to too many remotes, too many apps and more demands on our time to learn, understand and master new time-saving advances. Advances in technology can also lead to stress in the form of the status quo – old jobs, ways of doing things, older gadgets – being rendered obsolete.

The Bangor Daily News reported on technologically advanced, green, "smart meters" potentially leading to job loss through meter readers becoming redundant.