I had a BBQ for a bunch of friends the other day. One brought his wife who doesn’t leave the house much. She spent the whole time looking at her phone. Somehow that artificial stand-in for social interaction was much more engrossing than talking to the other women next to her who repeatedly tried to engage her in conversation only to get brief answers that didn’t lead into any real dialogue. She just wanted to get back to her phone.  It’s truly mystifying.