Hello, I'm the author of the post. Before answering your comment I want to thank you for reading my article and for talking about it.

> Based on the other blog posts it appears the author is too young to remember a time before smartphones.

You are probably right, I'm in my mid twenties and I was in middle school when the first smartphones came out.

What I mean in my article It's not the demonization of smartphones as a form of technology, but rather the compulsive attitude of use I see more and more often.

I agree that watching what's happening in the world is more interesting than staring to the void on the subway, and I'm absolutely not saying that engaging conversations with strangers is a plausible alternative in most situations.

So I reiterate that my article was aimed at that attitude of obsessive attachment that makes you scroll twenty Reels before you even have time to get on the subway or sit on a park bench.

Sometimes taking ten minutes of mental presence, where you make yourself aware of what's happening around you can be healthy.