These devices have come to operate a bit like dummies for adults: a temporary distraction from our hunger for connection, meaning and purpose.

I love a salad but I am easily bored by foods and when there aren’t enough different textures, I kind of have to convince myself to get through the whole thing. It’s an annoying habit.

I’m now 4 episodes in, and all I can say is … Elon called it. I am Bored. Out. Of. My. Mind. Morfydd Clark as Galadriel in the Prime Video series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” ...