stevensawtelle

Thanks for the detailed reply. I will have to seriously give this some more thought. I saw somewhere else you mentioned you did it as an experiment at first - I think if I do it I will pursue a similar approach.

I appreciate that you mentioned you still have the LTE tablet - one of my biggest concerns was traveling and the HUGE convenience apps have on my life then.

I think music/podcasts would be a big sacrifice for me. I suppose I could do a dedicated MP3 player for music, but especially with podcasts the live-updating feed is something I really enjoy.

Can you talk more to the practicalities of getting rid of a smartphone? Have you seriously found that the loss of the conveniences they bring haven't been that burdensome? I am really intrigued by the idea but find it almost inconceivable to work for me (which might speak to an addiction, so I feel compelled to understand this further)

It's a seriously cool feeling to see worlds collide like this. The first half of his book Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is one of my favorite reads, but I had no idea he was actively programming as well (although it totally makes sense in retrospect).

As someone lucky enough not to deal with these issues, I think the idea of these games bringing these issues to a broader group of people is really important. For example, I bought Celeste because it was a great platforming game, and found myself really unexpectedly moved by the plot of her depression/anxiety and it's relation to the mountain. That said, I would not have bought the game because of the plot alone. I think this is a really awesome and clever way of making these issues better known!

I was just thinking about that article the other day - do we know that a retraction was needed? I saw all the refutation but never saw Bloomberg back down, and honestly I'm not sure how these things normally work. I guess I'm just wondering why you're so confident Bloomberg was serving an agenda?