Spent time in China recently. Everyone's glued to their phones — even at dinner, mid-conversation, nobody blinks. It's just... normal.

As someone who checks markets/news compulsively, this felt weirdly liberating. No side-eye, no judgment, no "can you put that away?"

Meanwhile in the West we pretend we're "present" while secretly dying to check our screens.

Maybe we're all just phone addicts now and some cultures are more honest about it. 📱