Refusing to use one's phone to access information during a conversation is not necessarily Luddite (not that you said it was). In modern architecture after the

Refusing to use one's phone to access information during a conversation is not necessarily Luddite (not that you said it was). In modern architecture after the boisterous 1920's when design was seeking to incorporate the concept of the machine and industrial life into our domestic living, designers found themselves in the 30's longing for more organic expressions. Life had changed. The economy had crashed and values shifted. Just because technology is available does not mean it is always what people want or even that people will use it to its utmost capacity. Sometimes we just want to hang out.