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Byung-Chul Han: ‘The smartphone is a tool of domination. It acts like a rosary’
In this exclusive interview with EL PAÍS, the South Korean-born philosopher discusses digital subjugation, the disappearance of ritual and what ‘Squid Game’ reveals about society