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 ====== Zachtronics's Eliza ====== ====== Zachtronics's Eliza ======
 +I was surprised by how much this game affected me. The first counseling session was so intense that I had to put the game down right after. The very next day, I blasted out almost 1000 words about the first hour alone. If the rest continues along that trajectory, then I will no doubt be writing much more.
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 ===== The first session ===== ===== The first session =====
 I knew what this game was about when I purchased it. I only picked it up in the first place because I'd heard others talking about it, discussing its themes and story in broad strokes. I'd put off starting it because---well, partially because I was digging hard into //Tyranny//, but mostly because I wasn't sure how it would affect me. I knew it was about the all-too-likely future of therapy and would necessarily involve interacting with people enduring low moments. I wanted to be in the right headspace for that. I thought I was last night when I loaded it up for the first time. I wasn't at all prepared for that first session.  I knew what this game was about when I purchased it. I only picked it up in the first place because I'd heard others talking about it, discussing its themes and story in broad strokes. I'd put off starting it because---well, partially because I was digging hard into //Tyranny//, but mostly because I wasn't sure how it would affect me. I knew it was about the all-too-likely future of therapy and would necessarily involve interacting with people enduring low moments. I wanted to be in the right headspace for that. I thought I was last night when I loaded it up for the first time. I wasn't at all prepared for that first session. 
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 Both pieces explicitly connect issues of labor and mental health. One of the recipients of foundation money works to organize and educate tech workers to push for saner working conditions. The think tank executive's words serve as a potent reminder that, under our current economic paradigm, necessary services like therapy will only receive institutional funding when neglecting them begins to hurt capital's bottom line.  Both pieces explicitly connect issues of labor and mental health. One of the recipients of foundation money works to organize and educate tech workers to push for saner working conditions. The think tank executive's words serve as a potent reminder that, under our current economic paradigm, necessary services like therapy will only receive institutional funding when neglecting them begins to hurt capital's bottom line. 
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