We're all hooked on the dopamine these notifications trigger. Smartphones have become a constant distraction. From ourselves. From reality. We can't stay still for 15 seconds anymore. Healthy boredom barely exists.
There's an interesting phenomenon you may have noticed: you're hanging out with friends. Talking. Laughing. The moment one person checks their phone, everyone else follows.
I hope that, 100 years from now, society looks back at social media the same way we now look at how cigars were consumed 50 years ago.
In my social circle, anyway, this doesn't happen. It's considered incredibly rude to check your phone while socializing in person unless there's an actual emergency going on, and people will tell you so.
If you want to check your phone, the acceptable way is to go off somewhere away from everyone to do so.