For better or worse, the smartphone has changed the way we interact with each other and the world around us. As I write this, I'm commuting on the Staten Island Ferry Sen. John J. Marchi. It takes a short, scenic 5-mile route across New York Harbor from Lower Manhattan-The Battery-to the North Shore of Staten Island, offering wonderful views of the city skyline, the Statue of Liberty and the Verrazano Bridge. Unfortunately, no one is looking. Ten of the 13 people around me are on their smart-phones. The other three are sleeping.
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机译：不论好坏，智能手机都改变了我们彼此之间以及周围世界互动的方式。在撰写本文时，我正在史坦顿岛渡轮队参议员约翰·J·马尔凯（John J. Marchi）上下班。从曼哈顿下城-炮台（Battery）到史泰登岛（Staten Island）北岸，只需短短的风景秀丽的5英里长路线穿过纽约港，即可欣赏到城市天际线，自由女神像和维拉萨诺大桥的美景。不幸的是，没有人在寻找。我周围的13个人中有10个人在使用智能手机。另外三个正在睡觉。
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