This is so freaking wrong that I can’t even begin to rail against it – and this comes from someone who spent a decade on the Board of Trustees of our local public library, so you could say I’m a fan of books, reading, and libraries.
What society needs most right now are more unplugged spaces, not less. I mean, why do you think that social scientists have noted a precipitous decrease in empathy in the past few years? People need to learn to interact in non-mediated ways. They’re always heads down on a screen.
They need to ditch the wireless. That more addresses the root cause.
