I've been saying this for a while, particularly with respect to how our kids and grandkids will view these devices, systems, and patterns of behaviours— "Oh, there's grandpa, needing to leave the restaurant for a few minutes to get his social media fix because they've banned screens in here for privacy/ambiance/preference reasons."
Really? I can totally picture it. There are already upscale cinemas that ban phones, for grownups who don't want to look at the movie over a sea of glowing screens, and are willing to pay a premium price and surrender the use of their own device for the privilege.
Same goes with restaurants, especially fancy ones, where diners are sick of having everyone around them snapping pics of their food for instagram.
Or standup comedians requiring people to lock their phones in neoprene bags before a show. I was at a Dave Chapelle show last year where he did this, and his surprise guest after the show was Kendrick Lamar. It was actually jarring to be at a concert for the first time in a decade where there were no phones up, and people just focused on the performance.
On a recent tour, Jack White was banning cell phones at the concert - you had to check them at the door. Everyone I know who went to that show raved about the experience, to not feel the need to check in, to not see phones lifted above the audience film things, to just focus on the music.
