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Originally Posted by Joe Beamish
I lived in NYC for decades. Of course everyone on the subway and other commuter transportation would read newspapers, books and magazines as a rule. And also while eating lunch out alone.
And that’s about it.
The use of devices is radically different in both kind and degree. Not only do people bury their noses in their devices while commuting, but also while having dinner with other people in their own family. And while walking down the street.
In fact, the devices are as ubiquitous as the noses we stick in them. And used just as often.
This is not necessarily 100% a bad thing. But to ignore it is silly.
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I agree. The all-consuming nature of these devices is what makes them unprecedented; virtually all human experience is now transmuted through them.