For the most part, we’ve started to wean ourselves off of cigarettes, armed with the knowledge that it was the nicotine telling us that we needed to smoke. Now it’s time to similarly wean ourselves off of smartphones when it comes at the expense of our social interactions. It’s when we stop depending on them to make ourselves feel less alone that we can actually look up and acknowledge anyone and everyone who’s around us, rendering that feeling harmlessly moot.

“Smartphones: The New Cigarettes?”, Huffington Post