# Screen Time and Its Paradox

*Strip 12 — from "Future Shock — AI vs Real Life", a webcomic by Abeer & Amaara.*

**Description:** Abeer's AI wellness app tracks his screen time: 9 hours 42 minutes, including the app itself; Amaara, phone-free: "The cure is the disease."
**Tags:** life

## Transcript

Panel 1 — Abeer, health mode: "My AI wellness app tracks screen time."
Panel 2 — "Screen time today: 9 hours 42 minutes (including this app)."
Panel 3 — Amaara, phone-free: "The cure is the disease."

## Director's Commentary

- **Amaara:** The app that saves you from screens is, itself, a screen. Sit with that.
- **Abeer:** Nine of those hours were checking how few hours I'd done.

Read it: https://zesty-pika-867995.netlify.app/strip/screen-time-and-its-paradox/