When it was carried into schools in the early 2010s, on smartphones in students’ pockets, it quickly changed the culture for everyone. (Communication networks rapidly become more powerful as they grow.[16]) Students talked to each other less between classes, at recess, and at lunch, because they began to spend much of that time checking their phone

phubbing, or ignoring the people around you in favor of your phone.

“And cluttered. There’s so much white noise and distraction. The girl next to me didn’t even watch the show—she spent the whole time texting. I get why people are so obsessed with their phones…” Turning hers over in her hands, she still couldn’t wrap her head around all its capabilities. It seemed inconceivable something so small offered endless in