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““If there is no phone, there is noise; but if there is a phone, there is silence—just as a crying, unruly baby suddenly falls silent upon receiving the mother’s nipple.””

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“For many people, the expression “disconnecting from the world” essentially means disconnecting from society—for this is the only world they know.”

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