Are we better off?
https://video.nostr.build/3d033d4f5cbe4c5ff4ae1c9e1d1ca44ff0bb232699b51c7dc447c622cb574158.mp4
Technology is a tool but it can be misused. Lot of undisciplined people out there.
In some ways yes, in a lot of ways…no
I see this too and feel sad. My personal challenge is to go somewhere and forget about the phone. Waiting room? Read a magazine. Restaurant? Talk, look around, enjoy the place. Work? Focus on getting it done. Take along a notebook and pen so I can jot down my ideas if I have to wait. 
Negatory