Originally Posted by
Rowan
Go back to the days before the electronic devices. People were sitting at those same tables reading a newspaper, magazine, brochure of book, doing the crossword or some other paper-based puzzle, maybe writing a postcard or letter, or playing with a Rubik's cube... or simply just gazing off into the distance lost in their own thoughts. Now, they use an electronic device for all those things. Humans haven't really changed what they do, just the way they do it. Like bicycling.
I think so, too, except that because people rely on these single devices do so many things, they seem a lot more firmly tethered to them. It wasn't so often that you'd see people walking down the street or even driving while trying to read, write, or play with a Rubik's cube at the same time. It happened, but not nearly so often.