I noticed at the mall tonight how much time couples spend on their phone instead of paying attention to each other.

That's just the way things are now. We've grown to crave information. Before it was readily accessible, we were content with what was right in front of us, but now that we have all of mankind's collective knowledge at our fingertips at all time, people have a very difficult time putting it down. We have to know what's going on everywhere with everyone all the time. I think that's only going to become more prominent as time goes on.