iDiots - Are We Being Turned Into Automatons

Like. Share. Buy. LOL. Look around a bar, bus, train, park, coffee shop, cafeteria or just about anywhere these days and you will probably see people staring intently at a phone, tablet or laptop. What is this doing to our collective psyche and society? Although this short film doesn't answer this question, it does quirkily illustrate the problem.

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