Former Google VR researcher Samuel Matson spent the early days of COVID-19 in Colombia. There, he found solace while riding his bike with friends outside Medellín as the world descended into chaos. As the landscape of the Andes mountains zoomed by, he focused on the road pavement, becoming fascinated by the way time just disappeared while cycling. “My mind could wander and three hours would be gone like that,” he tells me via email. But whenever he used the stationary bike in the gym, just...

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