[mcdow]

It's the phones dude. It's literally just the phones. Get rid of the phones and you fix it.

[bell-cot]

Old geezer take: If you're referring to smart phones - social engagement in the US was already headed down 5 decades before those were invented. I blame TV.

[dvergeylen]

Indeed, TV enabled millions of people to laugh at the same joke simultaneously, each sitting alone on their own sofa.