Wrong Road — Real Life
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The phone is a car: a symbol of freedom and convenience that transforms into an inescapable burden
Wrong Road The phone is a car: a symbol of freedom and convenience that transforms into an inescapable burden David A. Banks August 01, 2022 share Image: By Wes Filer for Real Life . http://reallifemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Wrong-Road.mp3 Full-text audio version of this essay. Sometime around 1860, a man named Jacob Sharp stood at the intersection of Chambers Street and Broadway in Manhattan and counted the omnibuses. By his count, there was one every 15 seconds, or more than 6,000 in a 13-hour stretch. Each omnibus — a horse-drawn coach that could carry about a dozen people — was fas
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