I’m on the train on my way to The Hague Central. All around me are people on their phones, most of them wearing earphones. Only a few look out the window or read a book. The train stops at Den Haag HS. I look out the window to my right and see on the facade of T-Mobile’s headquarters in frighteningly large letters: “WE WON’T STOP UNTIL EVERYONE IS CONNECTED.” I think of the individual and I think of myself. What if we don’t connected want to be? What will T-Mobile do with us then?
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A version of this article also appeared in the March 1, 2023 issue
