Seth Godin published a free ebook, "What Matters Now". It contains over 70 short essays from today's leading thinkers. Definitely worth a read. I found resonances in many of the entries however the following extract from Howard Mann caught my attention as it's a phenomenon I see growing daily.
We walk the streets with our heads down staring into 3-inch screens while the world whisks by doing the same. And yet we're convinced we are more connected to each other than ever before. Multi-tasking has become a badge of honor. I want to know why.
Howard Mann in What Matters Now