[Harmless Teddy Bear]

It is not just rude, I am fairly sure it is rewiring your brain. And not in a good way.

People cling to their electronic leashes like a junkie does to their stash. If it is out of reach for even a moment they get antsy.

Ask them to put it down for 15 minutes and they began to desperately watch the clock waiting for the time to be up.

[Jamestown1630]

Our brains have probably been re-wired with every technological advancement in human history. The accomplishments have not all been ‘bad’, nor has the rewiring been. But all of it definitely comes with effects that we need to be aware of and for which we sometimes need to compensate.

There are some interesting books written about this:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+shallows+nicholas+carr&crid=3HYUO5NTH8VBO&sprefix=the+shallows%2Caps%2C90&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_2_12

I, for one, have definitely seen a decrease in my ability to sit down with a print book and attend to it as I used to do.
I have to be aware of this and compensate for it all the time.