I would prefer your father-in-law not take a picture of my face. There are things to take pictures of in cities other than non-consenting people. The "value of

I would prefer your father-in-law not take a picture of my face. There are things to take pictures of in cities other than non-consenting people. The "value of candid photography vs consent" debate is ancient at this point, so I won't retread it, but you can guess which side I fall on. I never see phones out, but I still have to walk around people taking up entire sidewalks and aisles gazing absent-minded at something I can't see. People manage to wander despite the phone in their pocket, and it's annoying. What we have here is a writer trying desperately to sound deep and failing completely without substance to fill the space. Is "we need to wander" the new "we need to stop writing" (Plato)? I see more and more of these trend pieces, and each is more vapid than the last.