If Smartphones Are Making Us Less Productive, Why Are Employers Demanding You Bring Your Own?

Here are two articles, that taken together, beg the question: "Are trends in technology adoption making us less productive?"

The first comes from Computer World and it states that soon the company you work for will require you to provide your own smartphone for work. Undoubtedly your boss will also demand unfettered access to its files and other data.

The second comes from the Wall Street Journal and offers evidence that smartphones make you less, not more, productive at work.

I can hear the boss say, "Yes, you must subsidize my wealth by providing your own smartphone for work and if it makes you fail, we'll reward you with termination."

And people think they have to worry about government intrusion in their lives.