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Pete Etchells (Piatkus)
DURING the course of writing this review, I looked at four separate screens. There was my laptop, onto which I typed this text; there was my phone, pinging and buzzing with messages from friends and colleagues; my iPad, for hunting additional details; and, in the background, a TV passively showing programmes.
So far, so normal in 2024. But what do all those screens and the time spent with them do to us? Plenty of books and articles scream warnings about the impact of…
