Heinlein suggested in his last novel (To Sail Beyond the Sunset) that telephones in the home killed house-calls by doctors, it became too easy to contact the do

Heinlein suggested in his last novel (To Sail Beyond the Sunset) that telephones in the home killed house-calls by doctors, it became too easy to contact the doctor for any little thing that was bothering you. So it would not be surprising to find even easier and "more connected" versions of the phone having similar effects.