If phones didn’t have the ability to use the internet. Would outside events like concerts, clubs, networking coms, parks, etc. benefit from that?
If phones didn’t have the ability to use the internet. Would outside events like concerts, clubs, networking coms, parks, etc. benefit from that?
As others have said, it comes down to people not enforced on/off switches. You can’t (well you can, but should you) stop people living their lives.
I was out with 3 friends tonight (all middle aged), meeting first for coffee, moving elsewhere for dinner and drinks, and ending with tabletop games (the place we eat/drink is happy with it). One of our group couldn’t stop looking at his phone throughout the time we were together, and the rest of us didn’t pull our phones out of our pockets once. (None of us were on call, contacted by family, or anything like that).
Just as some people have their phone ping them for every notification (often loudly, every few minutes), some feel they can’t live without the dopamine hit of a meaningless social media interaction from a stranger. 🤷♂️