I detest smartphones: the source of endless trouble in the classrooms of this country, they epitomise the technological marvels of Artificial Stupidity. But it’s not just that: they appear to endow their owners with a sense of contemptuous invulnerability that allows them to cross busy roads without looking left or right as their gaze is fixed upon the all-important screen and their eager thumbs flick busily across its inviting keyboard.
