11 ways smartphones make real-life conversations better

Experts say that smartphones are killing the art of conversation. When you use your smartphone during a conversation, even if you’re just quickly checking your email, you feel less connected to the person you’re talking to (and less fulfilled overall by the conversation).Even the topics you talk about during a smartphone-augmented conversation are of lower quality, because you tend to discuss shallower topics (where it won’t matter if you’re interrupted).To read this arti