Are We Distracted Or Just Rude
The elevator door opens and you’re about to get out, but several people, eager to enter, are blocking your exit. You have to jostle through. On the way into a mindfulness event, I encounter a man who nearly knocks me over as he leaves the event, intent on whatever is on his phone. Excuse me is not in his vocabulary. Is the speed of our lives and the many distractions in a universe flooded with information making us ruder?...