People scroll through a thousand faces a day and forget how to look at one.

Looking at a face used to be a slow act. Now hundreds of them pass under your thumb in a minute, each one held for less than a second, and the habit trains you to skim people the same way you skim posts. You come away with an impression instead of a person. Actual attention is a habit too, and habits fade when they are not used.

Try one conversation this week where you look at the person and do not check anything. It will feel oddly long at first. Notice what you pick up in ten minutes that a hundred scrolled faces never gave you.