Publisher's Note Covers such topics as the history of technology. Defines high tech stress and how to cope with it, and also computer and Internet addiction. The theory that technology makes our jobs easier and allows us more free time is a modern-day fairy tale. Although technology has enabled businesses to become much more efficient, it has also created an international hyper-competitiveness. The tremendous resurgence of American business and industry is significant in that it parallels the explosion of technology. Yet, what are the human costs in the hyper-competitive global economy?