In 1960, kids wanted 'walkie-talkies', so that they might converse, wirelessly, with others who were nearby.....and, even then, were rewarded by the prestige ascribed to....earlier....only soldiers in combat zones.....Alas, 'callers' could only call other huge 'mobile devices' that were on 'their wavelengths'.....and, just yards away....Phones, like 'Wally's' , such as The SCR-536 Handie-Talkie, were the Modern Walkie-Talkie’s Finicky Ancestors before the ubiquitous acquisition of 'cell phones' . (Despite the radio’s short-lived battery, limited range, and 3-foot antenna, more than 130,000 of them were used in World War II.) This old, heavy, bulky, cumbersome will have been constantly supplanted with smaller, lighter, longer-range, cheaper 'appliances', in the not-so-distant-Future.....by, I'm sure, tiny...very tiny.....implanted mobile communication Devices......that may, in the coming decade or two, be 'required by Law'.....that every human being might be tracked and easily located in the larger, planned Syllogistically Orwellian Schemata....
Average, middle-class American "1960's" Couple......bored, staring at the wall where their planned 21" Motorola 'Color' cathode ray television 'set' will, inevitably, be positioned.....to displace their ennui with the massive waves of idiocy that will soon divert their predictable, prescribed, passive attention.....and 'take up' ...with mobile phone activity......over half of the average person's waking time....
Now.....that's 'better'.......reducing intelligent interaction within a Family.....also, reducing Conflict by diverting attention to 'what's on TV' rather than real, interpersonal, transactional relationships.....
