I find myself doing research on something that will pop into my head when I'm reading posts, like I did with Thomas Jefferson while reading your post. Turns into a whole educational affair. How long have you been home-schooling your son? Our sons last day of school is 5/18 (next Friday) and then we will be home-schooling him (road-schooling actually). We can't wait. He's so ridiculously intelligent. He learns so much watching YouTube videos and blowsboth my wife and myself away with some of the things he's learned.
You are absolutely right in the fact that phones / technology aren't going away, we just need to learn to be more considerate of others while using our technology. Especially when driving.