By focusing so much on ourselves and our gadgets, we have rendered the individuals on the other end into invisibility, as tiny and interchangeable as the parts of a mobile phone.
Ao concentrarmo-nos tanto em  nós e nos nossos &lt;i&gt;gadgets&lt;/i&gt;, tornámos invisíveis os indivíduos na outra ponta, tão  pequenos e intercambiáveis quanto as partes de um telemóvel.