>Every day I walk to work listening to music on my minidisc player. Looking around to all walking zombies staring down at their phones; as if the news, social m

>Every day I walk to work listening to music on my minidisc player. Looking around to all walking zombies staring down at their phones; as if the news, social media or whatever is a great thing to absorb first thing in the morning. I don't get how that's a much different disconnect than the person on their smartphone, it's just one that you're comfortable with differentiating yourself using. there was a point in nearly every transit-style life-span where the entertainment was supposed to be the thing itself. It would have been seen as despicable to read a novel on a very early passenger air flight -- the thrill and entertainment is supposed to be the thing itself. Then it gets normal, then it progresses to boring, and then you tune out. It seems like a pretty normal progression, and it has happened time and time again; it'll probably happen with again with flying cars/human-cannons/transporter beams/whatever, too. p.s. I loved the MD format, is it still practical at all to use? I can understand using it for the powerful seeking ability and such that has gone to the wayside nowadays but aside from that it seems less convenient than a small cheap mp3 player of some sort.. if I still had that equipment i'd probably still be playing with it too, though; md insertion is so satisfying from a mechanical point of view.