Hemmings Classic Car

Being Here

“We can blast along an eightlane freeway at 80 miles per hour with very little idea of what the external reality might be.”

 were recently waiting to board a plane to our vacation destination. As I looked around the departure lounge, I noticed a group of high schoolers in cheerleader uniforms sitting together on the floor, but none of them were talking to one another. Instead, they were staring at their cell phones. Some seemed to be playing video games judging from their twitching

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