America is changing. And so is the world.

But what's happening in America isn't just the cause of global upheaval.

It's also a symptom of disruption that's happening everywhere.

I'm Asma Khalid in Washington, D.C.

I'm Tristan Redman in London, and this is the global story.

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I want you to tell me about this experiment you did on yourself.

What did you do? So for a whole month, I put away my smartphone and switched over to a flip phone or a dumb phone and navigated life.

Like it was 1995, right? Exactly. Brittany Shamis is a local enterprise reporter

for The Post. And a few months ago, she joined this group in D.C. to do something that a lot of us

fantasize about, she put her smartphone away for a whole month. It all started for Brittany with this

morning routine that a lot of us have.

So, I mean, I had this habit of starting all my mornings by reaching for my phone on my nightstand

and scrolling through Twitter, immediately checking all the names.

Tonight, President Trump's federal policing effort.

President Trump's assault on the judiciary.

But also all the social media apps.

And I had thought over the years, like, this probably isn't the most healthy way to start a day.

But I would just keep doing it.

And then about a year ago, something happened that made Brittany start to question her routine.

She had a baby.

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