You see them everywhere. They are young, old, middle-aged. They are kids on swing sets, teens on skateboards, the guy at the coffee shop. They are plugged in, wireless, jacked in, tuned in and turned off. Their thumbs fly across QWERTY keyboards, while I-Pods blast music into one ear, laptops sit open and ready at their sides, while Bluetooth spills the latest gossip in the other ear. As soon as class ends, out come the phones to text a friend to meet up even if that friend was sitting one row behind them in class.
