capmike wrote:
Karl Marx was the author of the saying” Religion is the opiate of the masses”. Today, that is no longer the case. Today, it is the cell phone that is the opiate of the masses. It boggles my old mind how these people cannot put down their devices to walk, drive, or eat. It’s is just amazing to me, and I hesitate to see how much worse it can get.
No, it is not just you. Young mothers walking their newborns in buggies, smart phone between mother and newborn. No interaction between the two. People walking their dog, 'scrolling' their way back home on their smart phone, totally ignoring their dog. Entering the waiting room at the doctors, nobody saying good morning all tied to their phones. In the super market, no communication with the cashier whilst being on the phone...and so on..
The software developers did an amazing job making sure people spend the rest of their lives on this electronic monster...
So sad..