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Re:The Death of Daydreaming: What we lose when phones take a... by jzawodn on Monday May 05, 2025 @03:27PM (#43898543)
I don't know... I'm of the opinion that there's no such thing as an "urgent email" or similar. Urgent things should be handled via synchronous technology--like a phone call.
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Re:The Death of Daydreaming: What we lose when phones take a... by jimbokun on Monday May 05, 2025 @04:50PM (#43899327)
That reminds me of Randy Pausch in The Last Lecture, discussing how he handled his boss demanding a way to contact him in his honeymoon in case of a work emergency.

Pausch gave his boss the number of his new mother in law. In case of an emergency, the boss could explain to the mother in law why it was worth interrupting her daughter’s honeymoon, in which case the mother in law would relay the message.

There mother in law was never called.

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