David James Swanson for raptitude:

The no-phones policy illuminated something about smartphone use that’s hard to see when it’s so ubiquitous: our phones drain the life out of a room. They give everyone a push-button way to completely disengage their mind from their surroundings, while their body remains in the room, only minimally aware of itself. Essentially, we all have a risk-free ripcord we can pull at the first pang of boredom or desire for novelty, and of course those pangs occur constantly.

I’d say that devices suck the energy out of a room. I’ve been thinking about this a bunch as I hang out with friends and my kids.

I should not let my attention be going to my device.