I literally said they were not "absolutely required" and I don't know why you'd go out of your way to misquote my 2 sentence statement. My mom didn't have a te

I literally said they were not "absolutely required" and I don't know why you'd go out of your way to misquote my 2 sentence statement. My mom didn't have a telephone, she had other friends without telephones, but having a telephone when she was a kid was fundamental to building robust social relationships. The reduction of social bandwidth generally results in fewer opportunities for social advancement, and most people would like to experience social advancement of some type.