Editorial: Keeping employees satisfied as technology keeps changing

As we write this column, there is an ironic juxtaposition of events in the news.

In Las Vegas, the International Consumer Electronics Show is highlighting the latest wave of high-tech tools and toys. From high-definition television to a new generation of computer-assisted household and automotive gadgets, the message of the show is that technology is continuing to change our lives for the better.

A few hundred miles west, the Unabomber trial presents a much different perspective, a view that technology has ruined our lives and that simpler…