The overly simple motivation for me is: 

I hate going out in general public or in company with friends where there default reaction is to pull out their phone. Or being around phone zombies in general. College campus was bad, mostly with headphones and such. I enjoyed exchanging smiles, hellos, and how are you's to strangers, but most have headphones in or stare at screens. 

As an engineer I don't want to be responsible for endorsing, or encouraging what the world has become due to tech. I do wonder if there is such as thing as too much convenience, I mean I suppose there is always too much of something, but where there line is IDK.