That 1.7 billion probably includes anyone has that has played Solitaire on their computer once in the last year. I doubt even 25% of that are gamers that play GPU intensive games.
The 1 million crypto miners on the other hand are devoting at least 1 CPU/GPU to mining 24/7.
Steve hoffstetter also has some very kind words about him. His post was how I even found out. But you could tell he had a very good relationship and it was very sincere
It’s conflating bad habits and addiction. The advice may work for bad habits such as watching too much YouTube when you’d rather be more productive. An addiction twists the mind around where no amount of reason is going to stick without external systems in place to help. Anyone who’s had any serious struggles either internally or with a loved one is going to recognize this.
I happen to agree. I read it in the same way as many articles on depression. This is an article that discusses a “normal person” problem.
Fortunately, most of the people discussing it here seem to recognize that. A few of them prefaced their comments as a result. And I don’t see anyone disagreeing that bad habits and serious addiction are different problems.
As a result, the discussion has been helpful to me rather than aggravating.
My father farming on ~400 acres purchased from the government ~140 years ago isn't a hobby. The records for the deed have only my relatives after the Louisiana Purchase. There aren't a whole lot of family farmers left out there, but they do exist (regardless of large operations branding themselves as "family farms" because "I have a family!" and what others classify them as).
The people that complain about "woke" want to be the target audience. Much of "wokeness" consists of realizing that they've been the target audience for practically everything, for a very long time. And anti-wokeness consists of insisting that it has to continue to be that way, and that anything else is somehow immoral.
