Screen Culture vs. Book Culture

It is a third thing, looking at your phone. It is not looking outward, observing the world. Neither is it looking inward, studying the motions of the soul. It is betwixt and between, neither here nor there. It’s a bit like staring into a mirror (a magic mirror), but not quite, because other people are observing you too. The face that stares out of the mirror is not your own.