Thom Stark was one of several who shared this on Facebook. In addition to the irony of the phrase, which applies as well to newspapers as it does to smartphones and other electrinic devices, there is the fact that the things the passengers are holding connect them to news and information about and from a wider world. How is that anti-social? I am sure I am not the only one who is in touch with more old friends, relatives, and people around the world whom I would not be commected with in the absence of modern technology.