But we can agree that writing with such disdain about people doing literally anything else, is perhaps a bit of a bad look. Especially if it comes from Carmack

But we can agree that writing with such disdain about people doing literally anything else, is perhaps a bit of a bad look. Especially if it comes from Carmack, a guy who doesn't need to pay rent any more and can in fact live the rest of his life without concern for producing value, etc etc. He is currently doing exactly what he wants, just because he wants it. And that happens to be VR stuff, currently, afaik. And that's his choice. So when he speaks deeply condescending about other people doing exactly what they want ("retro computing is so delightful") it definitely comes from a different place as "hey I just want to pay my rent".