I definitely can concur with this statement, as I, too, fall trap to this illusion of productivity when I have my coffee with me. It makes me feel like I'm doing more than I am. Similarly, when I see others' working at a coffee shop or doing their homework along side a coffee cup, I assume that they are being extremely productive and hard working.

This reminds me of how lots of teenagers in the US have begun shopping from extraordinarily cheap online retailers like Shein, Romwe, Zara, and more. These clothing shops offer too-good-to-be-true prices, like tops for $5-10 and jeans for $15-20. Their prices may be affordable, but it's due to the fact that these retailers source their products from slave labor, poor worker conditions, and cheap material that creates tons of waste. When we, as American teens, choose to shop from these sellers, we are indirectly supporting these exploitive companies and benefiting from their free labor. Moreover, globalization is related to this because the products we buy are most often outsourced from other countries and impact their people, as well.

I've actually read about how there are currently more modern day slaves around the world than at any other point in history, including in the 19th century. This is largely because of the way that factories and plantations "entrap" their workers with debts, don't pay them enough or anything at all, and then treat them so poorly.