I'd say that it may well be true that life is more complicated. I'm not sure that it's actually MORE dangerous-- but it might be that we're all living effectively with ADD by virtue of the new "always on" way of life, tied to our mobile devices day and night.

On the other hand, kids can keep in touch with a cellular phone now in ways that were simply science fiction when I was my daughter's age. My parents (and those of my friends, too) never had any idea whether we were even alive until we showed up at home on time after dark-- or not.

I can remember being in an auto accident at 16 and having to limp along in a totalled vehicle for several miles to a pay phone to call the state patrol. And our folks, of course.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.