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Smartphones, Happiness, and the Uses and Disadvantages of Life in the Present Perfect

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Smartphones, Happiness, and the Uses and Disadvantages of Life in the Present Perfect
A girl plays with a smartphone as she sits on a monument in the center of Ukrainian capital of Kiev on March 23, 2019. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images
Clifford Humphrey
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Often when I encounter something beautiful—a swiftly passing sunset or a timeless work of art—I experience a subtle disappointment in the midst of the bliss.

Clifford Humphrey
Clifford Humphrey
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Clifford Humphrey is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and the Director of Admissions for Thales College. He holds a PhD in politics from Hillsdale College, and he resides in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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