Just like I don't believe violent video games create homocidal sociopaths. I don't think software industry creates depressives. We are born that way. I would b

Just like I don't believe violent video games create homocidal sociopaths. I don't think software industry creates depressives. We are born that way. I would be depressive no matter what I worked in. Probably even if I was trust fund baby and didn't have a care in the world. Which, of course, never is true. My depression makes my life stressful, makes it lonely, makes it "hard" to live. Depression is the source, the root cause, the disease. Not a symptom. [to be clear the word depression is broadly used. You can be depressed (and I imagine everyone has been at one point or another and this is caused by external factors, say death of love ones) without suffering depression. Big D Depression is like a phobia, in that it is irrational. One is depressed for NO reason. None. Not a hidden one, or misunderstood, etc. (I mean no external reason, it's physically probably brain chemistry). And there may be other kinds of Big D depression. But this is the one I'm an expert on. And the problem is with me, not you/inustry/society. Although, you can help with symptoms such as not firing me after spending a week in bed not answering phone. Also, using Turing as evidence of author's point about Software Industry is disingenuous.