I think life in our western societies is one big void-filling after the next.
For some people it's work, for some people it's relationships, for some people it's drugs, for some people it's games, for some people it's tv, and I could go on and on and on.
Amazing how much effort we will put into not being faced with ourselves, and I don't think it's limited to just people who sit in front of a screen.
Definitely not. Avoidance is an age old issue for our species. We have a strong skill at living in the past and future so as not to have to deal with the present.