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FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS technology solves, it seems to complicate our lives, so much so that a growing category of the industry is dedicated to simplifying it.

The biggest offender is smartphones. These pocket-computers-turned-companions have digitally connected everyone, yet disconnected us from the world. For an addict like myself—one of those losers who reflexively thumbs through apps while in line for coffee—the answer, ironically, is another phone. Light Phone is a game-changing gizmo, a second device—smaller and lighter…