Ask HN: Are we addicted to screens?

Smartphones -> everyone has one, they had screens in the past too, but they weren't so resourceful Elevator -> there's a screen showing news, ads Restaurant, bars -> TV Leisure -> Videogames, TV, computer Go to a club -> screens projecting videos or images increasingly more common Work -> PC Take a photo -> See through a screen See a live band -> Sometimes you have to watch it through the screen, or it's more practical to watch it through the live filming, some nuts pay a lot to watch a music show through the tiny screen of their cameras/phones, because they're recording

It's kinda unsettling to me how much more time of the day nowadays is spent with your eyes hooked to a screen

And it makes me wonder if we are not addicted to looking at them, you can see a lot of times if there's a screen in a place, even a interesting one, like a party, some people can't help but get their eyeballs fixed into it and gently ignore the rest

The other day I was at home drinking with friends and I brought my notebook to the living room to put some music, little time after, they picked it up and started the "youtube party", I had no interest at all in watching tiny videos instead of having a conversation and it seriously bothered me.. The same "Youtube party" friend constantly shifts from the people to playing pointless games on the smartphone(yeah, he's kind of a retard)

so, what happens? Is it because I'm a programmer and am already tired of excessive lack of interpersonal interactions or does anyone feel the same sometimes?