I was wandering around the Westin Diplomat in Hollywood on Friday, watching Sam Donaldson walking purposefully in dark jacket and trousers among the sunbathers by the pool and then, in the lobby, gazing at the Lufthansa flight attendants who sat silently in a group, each one focused on her smartphone.
For years, whenever I'd go to a bar or restaurant that had a TV I would be amazed, and annoyed, by how often my eyes would drift toward the screen, even when it was showing something I had no interest in. It never occurred to me to wonder what would happen if someday everybody could walk around with a screen. We have become like Isaac Newton in the famous William Blake painting, so concentrated on a diagram (app) that we're oblivious to the great world around us.
