We have entered a new age and we need to face its reality — we cannot and will not live without our phones. They are the ultimate source of our entertainment, whether through texts, social media or more traditional entertainment like streaming platforms. 

I open my settings app to Screen Time. four hours and two minutes, it reads. Yet as I count the individual app usage — one hour and 12 minutes on Messages, 36 minutes on Instagram, 27 minutes on Safari, 10 minutes on Gmail — I see that something does not add up … literally.