I agree. I hate this idea of "removing social interaction." People complain about everyone on their cellphones in the mornings. However if you look at videos from the 1970s and 80s, no one interacts on the trains back then either. They've all got their newspapers and magazines and the nerdy kids have their walkmans.

Today it's no longer nerdy to listen to music, everyone has earbuds in and your newspaper and magazines are all easily accessible on tiny little screens which use a lot less paper.