Hey Carolyn! Your answer is so refreshing for me ! I thought I am the only one thinking that what you wrote is crazy, that I might be the one who is not adapting to the "new age". It is crazy that we are living in these days watching how human beings ignore each other and place more value to this piece of plastic than to the other being who is alive. I feel, boy do I feel you! I witnessed the same picture as you did. Your sense of observation is spot on! To notice the little details like a bus trip reveals a lot about the critical point where us as a society are. There is joy in watching a landscape, seing the smile on a baby's face, hearing the trills of a bird.

Romantic dates....let's not even go there! I can remember multiple times when I had to give a warning to the person to stop checking their phone! At a point I gave up realizing it is futile. Screens get people addicted to a life they think is better than the real life they could experice. It looks like we are living in a deeply disturbing world.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts about this!🤗