PokemonGO

Sorry, but to me the PokemonGO craze is just symptomatic of a desperate collective trying to escape from an uninspiring world. Sad.

There have always been fads (mine were yoyo’s and scateboards!) but unlike today’s versions which draw you into an enclosed world and drain your experiences of the outside world.

Talking to people (in particular the young and those from Asian backgrounds) is now an exercise in fighting to gain eye contact. Their phone is their most important possession, indeed studies have shown that a significant percentage would rather lose their hearing than their phone.

So our society doesn’t offer them enough to keep their interest in the real world, or is this just a fad?

If not a fad, then insurance companies will have to add “this policy does not cover self harm, including walking into objects or dangerous situations whilst your attention is distracted by using a smartphone.”

And who would have seen that coming??