I never got into using my phone's calendar. It's easier to write in my Tiffany day planner. There's something charming about having a datebook.
The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up.