All of these stats look to be from American sources. Did you consider the overall rest of the world, when you used the all-encompassing statement "The Tech Indu

All of these stats look to be from American sources. Did you consider the overall rest of the world, when you used the all-encompassing statement "The Tech Industry Has a Drinking Problem"? If not, then I think that, whilst you might have had the best intentions in mind, you really miss the mark for actually covering the whole industry. In other words: How apt are your statistics, anecdotes, and points of view to be applicable in countries where the drinking age is far lower than in the states? What is the actual ratio of those countries having alcohol at company events versus after-work events, coordinated by workers at 'x' company? How much more or less-likely are those countries to have drinking problems (statistically, speaking) in their populace? You seem to ignore this, whilst simultaneously stating that an entire industry has a problem - using a sample-set from a small portion of its total whole. I'm not sure if you're being intentionally disingenuous or if this results from jingosim or if you just haven't considered any of this but it comes across as askewed American exceptionalism: We have this problem and so, by that logic, the whole world must.