The people I observe who ‘can’t put the phone down’ are, hands down, the millennials. Doesn’t matter where they are, either - at a restaurant, commuting on a train or bus, walking down the street. Even at baseball games (where they presumably paid good money and took the trouble to get there) they are looking down at their phones way, way more than they are watching anything happening. It’s incredible.
The night Obama on reelection, I shut down my facebook account and never looked back. Any friend I have is in my rolodex. I don’t know if my cell phone has internet nor do I care. LinkedIn is used strictly for work. The only pleasure I derive from technology is coming to FR and playing World of Warcraft a couple of times a week.
I know. They text continually, but that’s not social media.