Yes, but remember, this is a case of public transit. Going back to my earlier statement, self-isolation in public is nothing new. We are trained from early childhood to be wary of strangers, to keep thoughts to ourselves and to avoid confrontations we might not welcome. We are comfortable with our heads down an our noses stuck in our own business.I think everybody reading this would find it very challenging to think of somebody in presence exclusively of strangers who would break their shell and easily talk to those around them, even without a phone or book right in front of them. Of course what he is stating is of course an issue - we see everywhere examples of friends and family sitting at, say, their dinner table all absorbed in the worlds within their screens. Although the argument applies, this article supports it weakly I'd say.

That's a little ridiculous, I'd even say unrealistic. But tunnel vision can be dangerous, that's for certain. I read about a case where a gamer died in an internet cafe due to malnutrition (insanely long session), and even still nobody noticed except for staff, as well as many other cases such as this.But I still think, just at the basis of this argument without reading deeper, this seems like social media itself, or even technology for that matter, isn't exactly the problem. Have you ever seen pictures of old fashioned public transit? Nearly every passenger is absorbed in a newspaper, a book, or asleep with their head in their hands. Yes, self possession and lack of awareness is more readily accessible, captivating, and gratifying with the case of out current tech standards, and because of that I won't deny that they are a factor towards the occurrence of this incident. However they are certainly not the only type of causation?