Places don’t matter to people any more. Places aren’t the point. People are only ever half present where they are these days. They always have at least one foot in the great digital nowhere.

It doesn’t seem that long ago when my children were too young to have their own device. In fact, it wasn’t that long ago when the world was too young and devices weren’t a thing. Now they are literally everywhere and the majority of young people have become addicted.

I sta...