This is something that's been sitting in my head for a while now. Not one specific day — just a thought that kept coming back, usually right after I'd catch myself somewhere I hadn't quite meant to be. Thirty minutes into scrolling when I'd picked up my phone “for a second.” Holding something I'd just bought that I didn't actually need. The comparison that kept surfacing for me was the food chain. We usually think of it simply — something eats something else, and at the top o