Simplify

"People have become the tools of their tools.  Simplify, simplify." Henry David Thoreau

If Thoreau thought that when he was alive, what would he think now?!  We seem to be controlled by our smartphones, tablets, etc.  At every stoplight it seems someone is on their phone in some capacity.  Out eating, people have their phones on the table -- apparently so that they will not miss any potential call or text.  What happened with enjoying the person in front of us?