SpringHeeledJack
I feel sorry for anyone that 'must' check their electronic life every few minutes. It keeps one in a state of near permanent standby,
I'm not sure they see it that way. Their life has that as a default in the same way that our lives have the written page as the default. They don't see it as stressful.
As has been stated, it is only those of us who straddle the change that notice it. Doubtless there were people complaining that "Those idiots want this new fangled 'paper' why can't they wait for the parchment to dry?" Before THAt folks complained about the move to papyrus from clay tablets.
For myself, I have to remain in phone contact for the maximum amount of time. I am self employed and all my work arrives via the wonderful cellular radio phone. I am currently on holiday in South Africa - in the old days, I would have had to phone my answering machine every day to check for messages. Now, my phone rings and I collect the business.
So I don't need the Net but I need my mobile phone switched on the moment the cabin doors open. it isn't stressful, in fact it's deeply easing as I know that my clients can get hold of me.