> Technologists are phone averse because at their core they are socially uncomfortable. I'd imagine that's true in some cases, but it's not valid to assume tha

> Technologists are phone averse because at their core they are socially uncomfortable. I'd imagine that's true in some cases, but it's not valid to assume that all technologists dislike the phone because they're socially uncomfortable. I dislike the phone in most cases because of scheduling issues. With a written communication, I can read and respond when I have a moment free. With the phone, either people call you out of the blue and interrupt you, or you have to schedule a mutually agreeable time. When that time rolls around, you have to drop what you're doing, get out of the flow, and take the call. Inevitably, the phone call eats up a ton of time--far more, in my experience, than a written conversation would.