It was 2008, just after the iPhone was released, and Patrick O’Neill began noticing a curious new phenomenon amongst his friends. When out to dinner, he found he’d often have to request that they put down their phones. Sometimes, it felt like they spent all of their time out just staring at the screen. O’Neill, who was working as a spokesperson for Britain’s postal service at the time, suggested the post conduct a survey that looked at how people felt about their phones. It concluded tha...
It was 2008, just after the iPhone was released, and Patrick O’Neill began noticing a curious new phenomenon amongst his friends. When out to dinner, he found he’d often have to request that they put down their phones. Sometimes, it felt like they spent all of their time out just staring at the screen. O’Neill, who was working as a spokesperson for Britain’s postal service at the time, suggested the post conduct a survey that looked at how people felt about their phones. It concluded tha...
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