FarmerTan said: were all able to look me in the eye and provided stimulating conversation Click to expand...

That's a good sign. Honestly, I have a daughter that is in high school and while her and her friends spend too much time with electronics, they can still carry on a person to person conversation.I think there is a lot of news being churned out today about technology and other hot button issues to get eyeballs to click the link and not for any other reason.The best informed I've ever been was when I read three daily newspapers. Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Christian Science Monitor (when it was a daily).I didn't need minute by minute updates. If there was a truly new development, it was in the paper the next day. I didn't get all wound up listening to talking heads and their take on the news. I was able to consume the news, or leave it alone as I saw fit. If we killed the 24 hour news cycle and went back to a daily paper we'd all be better off.