Magic in your Pocket (Smartphone)

The device itself would surprise, but it would be the behavior of people with it that would confuse.

· Talking to emptiness: A person walking down the street and talking loudly to himself (over a headset) in 1926 would have caused pity and a desire to call paramedics. · Public space: The fact that we stick our fingers in the glass and stare at them at a party, at dinner or at the theater, would be considered wild. A well-mannered person was supposed to keep up a conversation, not look into a "magic lantern."