The mushrooming video screens in buses, taxis and apartment lobbies in cities like Shanghai are taking away our already scarce resource: a place for a moment of peace.

• 在城市里,比如说上海,公共汽车上,出租汽车里和公寓大厅里迅速增长的视频影像屏幕,已经夺去我们已经非常紧缺的资源:一个能让人们安静片刻的地方。