I live in a very walkable city (Boston) where flaneurism is easily possible yet I constantly see people walking around talking their phone and/or with their eye

I live in a very walkable city (Boston) where flaneurism is easily possible yet I constantly see people walking around talking their phone and/or with their eyes glued to one. It’s phones too. People, seemingly, will do whatever it takes to avoid being alone with their thoughts or simply present in their physical environment. Not everyone is like this of course, there are tourists taking photos with their phones too.