A young tech executive is strolling through his business campus to stretch his limbs and get some air. He sits on a bench to relax, and pulls out his phone. Distracted, he looks up to notice an elderly Buddhist monk has sat down next to him.
He nods greeting and looks back to his phone, scrolling through his cycle of apps and feeds. As he is about to get up and go back to work, he looks over at the monk, who is quietly gazing across the park.
"It strikes me, how peaceful you look without a phone in your hand," he voiced suddenly, having a moment of introspection. "I and everyone else I know have a constant stream of work, social, and entertainment content direct in our hands basically all the time, and for what? I feel like by looking from one funny picture to the next snap or whatever, I've skipped the last 15 minutes, and yet here you are taking it in. You are experiencing life to the fullest! "
The monk opens his mouth to speak, but the techie isn't done with his deep thinking." I mean, I can't actually tell you one thing that I just looked at! Not one! I laughed a couple times and learned a few useless facts, but man, it's all gone. I guess you didn't see anything new while we were sitting here either, but does it really matter, if I can't remember anything anyway? It's like a constant stream of pointless content that takes my time, instead of using it, you know?"
The monk waits for him to finish, then smiles. "Son, my battery is dead. "
