[Rick Lee]

I went to see a buddy's band play at an outdoor mall last night. During a break Mrs. Lee and I walked around a bit. In the several hundred people we walked past, I don't think a single one of them was not staring at their phone, unless their hands were occupied by a cup of ice cream. It was a pretty sad state of affairs, and it was the kind of environment an evildoer would relish. I could have done anything I wanted to any of them and no one else would have noticed who had done what until it was over. They were complete zombies, viewing the whole world through their phone screens. Even groups of 3-5 girls, sitting together, all staring at their own phones.