Am I brave enough to trash my smartphone?

A reaction to what happened in Paris on NYE this year

When did we decide that people in our social network are more important than the people next to us, or the present moment? Like many, I was horrified to see the dystopian video of people celebrating the New Year at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris a couple of days ago with their phones out. Instead of making memories and new connections in the moment, tens…