technostress

Etymology

From techno- + stress, coined by Craig Brod in 1984, see quotations.

noun

  1. Stress caused by an inability to cope with modern technology.“Technostress can affect anyone living in the twentieth century: men and women, young and old, workers, lovers, and students. Our fascination with the rational and calculated world of computer-generated interactions may be forcing us to adapt in ways detrimental to our health and personalities: eye strain and headaches from working too many hours in front of a VDT terminal;[…]”