“A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.” ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden Red Oaks Nature Center / Cindy La Ferle Last week I was talking to a friend who also has a love-hate relationship with her iPhone. Like me, she forgets to check it sometimes and has to be reminded to put the thing in her purse — which seems to annoy other people. Not carrying a cell phone is now considered an act of civil disobedience.We agreed that smartphones have totally changed the way we live, in positive and negative ways. Life has taken on a sense of immediacy like…