I get your take, but I somewhat disagree. I have just come back from a 2+ week trip to Italy and every day I had my camera glued to my hand. Looking a the world with the desire to capture the shots allows you to see the environment in different way. You see the lighting, angles, details, emotions etc that I'm honestly not sure I would see otherwise. The nature or even the number of photos don't matter, but I love taking photos as a way of "absorbing it all".
Obviously everyone enjoys things in their own way, but I really feel like people miss out on what's going on around them because they are so worried about capturing it and posting about it right then an there.