I’ve noticed the phenomenon - almost all people are unable to be alone with themselves, and need the feedback and confirmation from the electronic device.
I admit the need and convenience of having one’s personal portable telephone, and the ability to text, available at all times. As a safety issue, the portable phone is a live-saver.
But it looks like millions are using the portable device to escape from interacting with people around them. This is not normal. Homo sapiens is the one species that owes its survivability to its ability to talk with other humans and to exchange highly detailed information with those it interacts with.
The need to escape from the humans that surround one says a lot about the deterioration of our civilization.
Reading body language, subtle voice inflections, facial expressions, etc. , all the in person stuff cant be duplicated by typing OMG and some dopy little emojis.