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I spend a copious amount of time commuting to and from work via public transit. If it were up to me, I'd spend it scrolling through Pinterest, or TikTok, or doing literally anything on my phone just to stay busy. However, thanks to a diabolical case of motion sickness, all I can do is throw on some music and stare straight ahead. In doing so, I’ve realized that everyone around me has assumed virtually the same posture: head down, arms up, phone screen lighting up their faces. It’s startlingly similar to the screen-obsessed humans in Wall-E , which was nothing more than a grim hypothetical when the film was released in 2008.

We're all unhealthily addicted to our devices, and I’m not the only one who's been hit with that rude awakening. My TikTok feed is filled with people w

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