In an increasingly lonely world, Sheila Liming's *Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time* explores the quiet catastrophe of our inability to simply be with each other. Liming argues that our culture, driven by capitalism and technology, has stripped away the joy of unstructured time spent together.

Dr. Payal Arora's book, *The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West*, challenges the Silicon Valley mindset by revealing how billions in the Global South are reshaping the internet. Through her research, she uncovers the human stories behind digital adoption, showing that people in poverty seek leisure and connection, not just productivity.