Anybody have plans to stare at their phone somewhere exciting?

We see it all the time now - moms with strollers, people walking down a crowded street, in their neighborhood walking their dog, a couple sitting on a bench or across from each other in a restaurant. But the saddest I've seen so far was a man and his son, holding hands at a bus stop, the man completely glued to his phone screen. How is it that we've come to the point of not relating with the person next to us?