We're in a scrolling pandemic — here's what happened when I swapped my phone for a book

A year ago, Simon Tierney banned phone scrolling from his daily two-hour bus commute. He reports back on how it is going, and talks to other commuters who say you can turn the daily drudgery into a positive experience

Simon Tierney spends two hours a day on the bus: "Rather than bemoaning the gridlock and allowing ourselves to absorb the stressful nature of a typical commute, can we learn to embrace it instead?" he asks

While flicking through the pages of a paperback on the bus the other day, I looked up and was struck to notice that almost every one of my fellow commuters was scrolling on their smartphones.

I suddenly felt self-conscious… am I the odd one out, reading a book? Am I in some sort of analogue time warp, while everyone else has evolved beyond my own existence?