The Internet is quite new, smartphones are newer still. We're still working out appropriate usage, and social norms about such usage. It wouldn't surprise me

The Internet is quite new, smartphones are newer still. We're still working out appropriate usage, and social norms about such usage. It wouldn't surprise me if, in 2035, looking at your phone in public marks you out as a loser who can't focus on anything. I think the greatest threat to reading is the evolution of our education systems into factories for conformity and indoctrination.