Interesting experiment and story. I think many use phones or headphones to alter the perception of time. I will be writing a story on this. I think we do miss a lot bring constantly hooked up to phones etc. However sometimes it can be welcome when the outside becomes too much. Connections with others also relate to our self perception and time, as well as self concept. Which is why I have often had the unfortunate situation of beomg in the "wrong place at the wrong time" and vice versa. It's important to connect to the world around us but also to ourselves and inner resources and indeed intuition (which is an inner quality).