My headphone collection is a confusing array of both wired and wireless, but I probably won't ever stop using wired altogether. I'd love to find a wireless gaming headset that really matches the quality of studio headphones, but so far I haven't. At my desk, I have ATH-M50X hooked up to my mixer to monitor everything. I prefer this because it has no latency and I can monitor a lot of devices. There's aptX-Ll for low-latency audio, but its more trouble than it's worth most of the time. On the phone, Apple has done a really good job of making the new AirPods Pro feel as seamless as possible, but Bluetooth still limits them. Call quality is worse, and there's still a tiny bit of latency. So I still regularly use the EarPods instead. I think we're close to the point where wireless tech will catch up, but we're not quite there yet.

I was definitely thinking PTSD when I first read that. I suspect that your write-up is something approximating what the author was going for. Throughout the book we know there are times when his mental state influences where and when he goes. It seems only logical that a very traumatic event would be something he returns to often.

One of my favourite books of all time. For me, the story just worked in every individual way: the science and space travel was fascinating, the characters (including Rocky) were relatable, the situation they were in was riveting. Also, the audio book narration is perfect and I'm sure that helped. I don't think there's one single thing that was done very right; it was everything.