Have you actually lived in the time before cellphones? I have a hard time imagining anyone not having been in a situation that was made dangerous by the lack o

Have you actually lived in the time before cellphones? I have a hard time imagining anyone not having been in a situation that was made dangerous by the lack of ability to communicate with others. Muggings, beatings, rapes, killings. Accidents, car crashes. Running out of gas, getting lost, losing your wallet. Being unable to reach family for an emergency when they're out. Even meeting up with your friends was a pain in the ass. The "connectedness" can be annoying or overwhelming, and the feeling of security when carrying a phone is probably overestimated in our heads, but before phones and cctvs any random moron could just kill you and get away with it if nobody was around. Some of the safety we feel is very real indeed.