>I'm also sad that this amount of energy is not put into something more meaningful.
Why are you on HackerNews in the middle of the day, lecturing people, rather than feeding homeless people and building shelters?
Why are you on HackerNews in the middle of the day, lecturing people, rather than feeding homeless people and building shelters?
The same is true of anything for some people though.
I like the charitable view, but I can feel for the sentiment in the parent comment as well. It's unlikely everyone is going to devote every minute of their life to charity. I can give plenty of money and time to charity, and still have time to play games sometimes.
Lots of people quite easily spend as much time watching tv as people like us play video games. I'd argue playing games is at the very least slightly less bad. We are engaging with other people (most of the time), working reflexes, strategy, hand eye coordination, etc. Everyone needs some relaxation and play time, and I suspect video games are a better use of time than a lot of competing alternatives.