Like maybe it's midnight, and you've forgotten about time, lost in an engrossing conversation about the philosophical implications of artificial intelligence.
But Alexander Clapp, a journalist (who has contributed to 1843, The Economist's sister publication), does something engrossing, if not entirely appealing, in his book.
With every minute you spend scrolling, you're falling deeper into a dopamine loop that becomes more and more engrossing, even when you've passed the point of entertainment.
It's a long sequence of just two people talking, and it was one of the most engrossing things I've watched all year, like a Dostoevsky novel coming to life.