Up until a few years ago, I was quite disinterested in technology, to put it mildly. When smartphones first came out, I still very much hung onto my ideal of wanting this world to connect in a way that technology is rapidly leading us away from, so I kept using old school mobile phones, which could only make calls (not even with a camera function!), only to find that they kept breaking down soon after I bought them. But in my stubbornness, I kept buying the same model until it just got ridiculous. I continued to resist the trend of smartphones, but eventually I did buy myself a second hand phone with a camera function. When a family member introduced a smartphone into our home, it got my attention. Within my family, during meals, the phone would be the primary point of focus. This felt very raw as it reflected the lack of connection that had always been in my home, which was now being magnified with the use of the smartphone. When commuting on public transport, the phone would enjoy more physical contact with my loved ones than I did; and when vacationing, the phone would be the obvious ...