Yeah I don't think there's a real way to measure that, since everyone disagrees on what makes for a good society anyway.

I just think that for me, personally, I'm willing to give up the benefits of the smartphone to return to a society where everyone was more present, focused, and engaged, versus distracted by their phones all the time. Especially when it comes to the youth.

We can still communicate on the go from anywhere (dumb phone era). We also had access to interactive maps (GPS systems). Those to me were the two most useful features of smartphones that i'd want to keep, but they were already available.