> Nice example... That is very popular but false example. 1) In my country when there were no much phones around children played tamagochies and tetrisis. Tee

> Nice example... That is very popular but false example. 1) In my country when there were no much phones around children played tamagochies and tetrisis. Teens used to listen to their CD and before that cassette players. Is was relatively popular among youth to read fiction books in the trains. It's a popular mantra today: "phones are evil, but book is good!". But what about cassette players - were they evil too? What if I read a book from my phone - is it evil or good? 2) It's quite popular today to stare in phones but guess what.. I used to do weekly 2.5 hours commutes between cities in public transport - and most people just stared.. in the window.. and still nobody was talking with strangers. The same situation applies to the trains. Of course people get acquainted if you are in the same compartments, but they don't otherwise (generally). So it's more a culture thing (maybe like in city - rural etc) then the curse of the phone.