Dalton Conley argues that we all need time to ourselves, away from the constant connections that mobile devices provide.

Time spent alone allows us to see ourselves as others see us. It's important to have a backstage -- a safe, private space where we don't have to worry about folks watching us, where we can let our hair down, practice our social routines and strike back against the indignations of life in the public square. The backstage is where our "true" self resides, as distinct from the front-stage self we present at the office or on the street.

The mobile phone in the garden erodes that private space. And, in turn, it precludes intimacy: Until we have (and can protect) that private self, we can't be intimate with another. Intimacy, to extend the theatrical metaphor, is like giving backstage passes to a select few. It rests on the private self remaining distinct from the public self, so that you have something to offer chosen friends and family members.

Read: Cell Phone Weighs Down Backpack of Self-Discovery