A few years ago it was just ears: boomboxes, walkmen, etal.
Then came the INCREDIBLE! MP3 player in all of it's expressions.
Now the folks have VIDEO to go along with it!!.
Cars are just overwhelming in the info explosion on their dashboards.
Hardly anything can be 'repaired' these days. It's cheaper to toss it and buy something newer and even MORE complex!
Must be why I like to go to Utah and wander around rocks for long periods...
When I attended college in the early 70s students talked to each other as we waited in the hall for the door to the class to open. Not any more! The students’ eyes are glued to their smart phone screens and **everyone** has both ears stopped up with ear buds. They are social ( I suppose) just not with each other.