I love my phone, but people do get out of control. Dreamer, HB, and I were walking down a sidewalk in Detroit and there was a family blocking the way - Mom, Dad, and all three kids (ranging from what looked to be about 8-15) each on their own phones just standing around entertaining themselves and completely oblivious that they were taking up the entire sidewalk!!! We had to excuse ourselves so we could get by. I was like "Great parenting" lol.
Still, there's something I read once that I've found to be pretty true:
Tech popularized before you're 40: not too difficult to learn, makes life easier, really cool
Tech popularized after you're 40: hard to use, unnecessary, detrimental to society!