<p>AT a street corner in Kamayut Township, Yangon, a young man does what would be seen as freakish in his country just three or four years ago – he lowers his head, fixes his eyes on his smart phone, swipes the screen and smiles at it.</p> <p></p>

<p>RANGOON—Two years&nbsp;ago, Freddy Lynn was spending most of his time at a public access centre in&nbsp;downtown Myitkyina in Kachin State. There he was introduced to&nbsp;a&nbsp;world that he did not learn in his university or heard about in his community that had been slowed&nbsp;down&nbsp;by more than six decades of armed conflict.</p>