If you walked into a waiting room thirty years ago, you would see people staring at the ceiling, tapping their feet, or perhaps flipping through a three-year-old magazine. They were bored. Today, that scene is extinct. Every head is bowed, every thumb is scrolling, and every mind is occupied. We have treated boredom like a…
Connected to everyone, known by no one. We are living in the most connected era in human history. With a device in our pocket, we can video call a stranger in Tokyo or debate politics with someone in Brazil. Technically, we have never been closer. Biologically, we have never been more distant. There is a…