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Industries in Depth
Smartphones haven't made us into activists. They've turned us into helpless bystanders.
Our phones make us feel like social-media activists, but they’re actually turning us into bystanders.
Keshia is a freelance journalist and playwright who splits her life between Paris, Singapore, and the Upper Valley, US.