A few things to point out.
(01). The guy on his phone is more aware of his surroundings than the guy reading the book. Which is why he's noticing the light break the laws of physics.
(02). His phone is already lit, so the light would just glare anyway if the lamp post was shining on him.
(03). Who goes out in the middle of the night to read a book outside?

【#山东招远一金矿火灾2死4失联#】记者从山东省烟台市相关部门获悉，山东省烟台招远市夏甸镇曹家洼金矿2月17日在设备检修时发生火灾，已造成2人死亡，8人被困井下。目前已有4名被困人员获救升井，仍有4人未取得联系。At least two people were killed and four others were trapped after a gold mine caught fire in Yantai City, east China's Shandong Province, local authorities said on Wednesday. Four others who had been trapped underneath have been rescued so far. Rescue work is still underway.

【世卫专家：受够了疫情政治化，请让科学说话吧！】近日，美国部分政客和媒体无端攻击世界卫生组织新冠病毒溯源研究“不够独立”，指责中方“阻碍”了研究进程。对此，专家组成员彼得·达扎克15日在接受媒体采访时深表愤慨，“调查报告还没出来我们就遭到如此指责，这真令人失望！”他强调，专家组在武汉的调研工作都是“开放且透明”的。达扎克说：“我们受够了疫情政治化，我希望政治能靠边站，让科学说次话吧。”同一天，世卫组织总干事谭德塞在新闻发布会上强调：“无论专家组的调研结果如何，我们从未对他们的工作指手画脚。他们是独立的专家，他们的报告也将是独立的。”The World Health Organization (WHO) has not even released their final report on their trip to Wuhan, and their findings are facing baseless accusations of being "not independent" from the U.S. media and politicians. Peter Daszak, a member of the expert team, criticized the preemptive political reaction as "disappointing" during an interview with NBC on Monday. "I hope the politics steps to one side and let the science speak for once. We've done enough politicking around this pandemic," he said. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus defended the team on Monday, saying the members are all independent experts. "We don't tell them what to do, they will present their independent report," Tedros said. #世卫专家说受够了疫情政治化#