It's actually a lot about a car based, commercialized society more then a phone or anything. If we had walkable cities, communities we wanted to be a part in, people would feel a whole lot less lonely. Fixing zoning laws, beautifying cities, better public transportation and working to bring more of nature into our everyday lives would make a digital one less interesting and we also would not need to work as hard as a good life would be in reach. It's like blaming books for causing people to be antisocial, same thing as video games...