Here's a great, thought-provoking article on how the increase of digital devices is affecting our manners and politeness: Bad Manners Masquerading as Media.
I particularly found this point about 'Digital Courage' helpful...
There are some things we do in life that are just plain difficult. They require courage; they cannot be easily avoided or delegated. A constant temptation we face, especially in an age of pervasive mediated communication, is to do in mediated form what ought to be done face to face (or to do by text message what ought to be done by phone). We can probably all think of times that we have chosen to communicate via email or text message what we should have said directly.
Ultimately, though, I'm not 100% against having cellphones kept out of conversations. Like Ecclesiastes says: There's a time and a place for everything.
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Interesting post. By far not more interesting than your others, but somehow I find myself commenting on this one.
I think it is poor form to prioritise an absent person over a present person. I do it, but we should try not to.
I can't remember who first said this, but there is the point that when you're on the phone, or texting, you're not really/completely "here" (where your body is), and not really/completely "there" (where the person with whom you're communicating is). So you're not really anywhere. Scary thought.
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