That rings true to me as an observation, but the trouble with the smartphones and social media is not just that we happily consume it and have always been susce

That rings true to me as an observation, but the trouble with the smartphones and social media is not just that we happily consume it and have always been susceptible to mindless distraction, it's that the devices and services are actively designed to pull you back in and for as long as possible as much as possible. Books don't do that, TV does that poorly if it does try.