i notice more & more ppl babbling into phones everywhere. i sometimes wonder how many of them wait until they're out in public before they make a phone call. they can then think "look at me, so in demand, i can't go anywhere without staying in contact with all my friends".

Perhaps the way social media is employed is only an extension of how a person lives as a whole, and we're giving it too much credit? I can certainly learn a lot about the big issues via my electronics, but I haven't figured out how to use it to sway the masses to my way of thinking.

Hear! Hear!

Oooook... but reading a paper filled book is somehow more acceptable? Why? I can carry 1000+ ebooks in my phone and I don't give a rat's ass who "sees" me reading them. WTH?

I do not have a smart phone but I usually take my old Blackberry with me if I drive any distance. I have a reliable car now but years ago before cell phones I drove old bangers that were very likely to break down and never gave it a thought. Sad.

IT has become a socialised act to be constantly on a device to the distraction of all else. Borderline addictive behaviour.