Many thanks for that post.
Some of those thoughts I’ve had myself, especially about playing out side after dinner until the streetlights came on, playing with cap guns, and just doing stuff that today would be so non-PC, if not now illegal. Driving home last evening, I was amazed by the number of people now actually walking around, and even crossing the street all the while raptly gazing into their palm device.
When before, the world held our attention, now seemingly all the world is somewhere else, only experienced second-hand.
I get the feeling that they would be very happy to crawl right into their little hand-world and leave this one entirely.