To the table!
Actually, it's alarming enough that there's an initiative fighting for a smartphone-free family dinner table. The Goodby Silverstein agency from San Francisco supports the cause.
Commonsensemedia.org is campaigning for more family time and "analog" social exchange with #DeviceFreeDinner - and generally offering help with smartphone addiction. For example with Articles like "How can I get my kids to put down their phones? Or with campaigns that show how absurd it is when table neighbors devote themselves to their screens instead of their counterparts. Especially when they are family members who would appreciate the already scarce time they have together.
Would it be time for a similar campaign in Switzerland? Hopefully not. But if you've never annoyed your lunch partner with a furtive glance at your smartphone or an emergency text message, let's cast the first stone. (hae)
