We’ve all been there, staring at a illuminated smartphone screen late at night, wondering why a text that takes five seconds to type takes five hours to receive. You re-read previous messages, overanalyzing every punctuation mark, searching for a sign....

I still remember sitting across from a friend at a local coffee shop a few months ago. She was holding a lukewarm latte, staring down at her phone, which kept buzzing silently on the wooden table. Her husband was working late...