[tcoff91]

100 years ago they sold pocket sized books so people in cities could ignore each other by reading books.

[walrus01]

Also there's plenty of old timey black and white photos of people riding the LIRR or similar where everyone is holding and reading a newspaper.

[jagged-chisel]

Ah, it’s reading that’s the problem. Plato/Socrates/Thamus was onto something!