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We have this with cell phones, I looked back and they were calling it 'digital dementia' Can you get through a conversation with someone in real life without them looking something up on their phone? I can't. We don't need to know everything all the time I say, but they still squirm, immensely uncomfortable with the feeling of not having their immediate impulses gratified.
Why I do make it a point trying to go out and interact to people, or at least just sit out at the park and watch the world go by. Also why I liked slightly crowded but lively neighborhoods over awfully quiet suburbia.
Another thing I noticed recently is how many people can't even go for a walk without looking down at their phone the entire time. I get that carrying a phone is pretty essential for most people, but people used to at least keep it in their pockets. Now they are either carrying it in their hands or actively looking at.
Actually, I wonder if the size of phones now is worsening the problem because they are too big to fit in their pockets? Probably a secondary cause though I suspect.
I used to know 10s of phone numbers off by heart. Now I barely know 1.