The device on the table does not control your life. Ignore it and have a conversation if you want. Or, look into the future and imagine this device with live webcams of your food being prepared, perhaps showing you a short article or video describing the culinary history of the meal you are about to eat. Or perhaps you could use it to settle healthy debates with your friends / SO rather than use your phone - this is slightly more communal / social (assuming you have a smartphone; if you don't have a smartphone, then this opens up the world of debate-settling completely).

Use and imagine technology for what it can be. Don't be mad at it if you can't control your insatiable appetite for technology.