Is technology ruining travel? 'Instead of connecting to Wi-Fi, maybe we should connect with those around us,' writes Michael Bociurkiw for CNNOpinion
Michael Bociurkiw is a global affairs analyst, at work on his first non-fiction book on screen and social media addiction. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. View more opinions on CNN.
With many of us unlocking our phones almost 50 times a day and devoting five hours of our day to screens, I suppose it was inevitable that revenue-hungry airlines would enable our smartphone and social media addictions by offering Wi-Fi in the skies. Quickly disappearing is what many of us road warriors regarded as one of the last bastions of calm — the airplane cabin.Michael BociurkiwIn the wild west days of Wi-Fi, as it was making its first appearance on airplanes, I recall boarding the business class cabin of a long-haul Turkish Airlines flight between Istanbul and North America.
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