Ok, I don't think the article was at all addressing this angle. It was trying to address how in certain demographics there is a real problem with people who do not want to interact with the web, as in they do not want to participate with the rest of society in that way because they feel it is not relevant to them, not because they are affluent and simply don't have a need to use it.
I've heard the old adage of "we all need to use our phones less, that's the real problem with society, nobody talks to each other anymore", but it always seems like people are viewing the past with rose-tinted glasses when they say this. Just take a look at this meme: https://d262ilb51hltx0.cloudfront.net/max/800/1*U36hBj8i-C7J...
I have real, spontaneous conversations all the time. The phone can be a distraction, but so was my paperback copy of the Lord of the Rings when I was a kid. So was my school newspaper with a sudoku puzzle and a crossword that I would do instead of listening to a boring lecture in college. Sure, some people have a problem with the phone, but I don't think the phone is necessarily at fault for people distracting themselves.
I've heard the old adage of "we all need to use our phones less, that's the real problem with society, nobody talks to each other anymore", but it always seems like people are viewing the past with rose-tinted glasses when they say this. Just take a look at this meme: https://d262ilb51hltx0.cloudfront.net/max/800/1*U36hBj8i-C7J...
I have real, spontaneous conversations all the time. The phone can be a distraction, but so was my paperback copy of the Lord of the Rings when I was a kid. So was my school newspaper with a sudoku puzzle and a crossword that I would do instead of listening to a boring lecture in college. Sure, some people have a problem with the phone, but I don't think the phone is necessarily at fault for people distracting themselves.