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Except that guy literally died. Nobody dies playing on a computer and it's pretty rare to die from running or biking in civilization.


Google ”died playing on a computer”. I got many hits showing “Nobody dies playing on a computer“ isn’t true. Examples:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/tragic-teen-gamer-d...

https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/19/world/taiwan-gamer-death/...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_addiction#Deaths


Often higher risk goes hand-in-hand with higher reward. It's all on a spectrum.


There's absolutely zero reward for crossing the Antarctic alone and very high risk of death.


I can think of a few rewards. Being the first to do something is personally rewarding, but the notoriety is also totally bankable.


People kind of do, since the lifestyle of sitting down 18 hours a day at a computer is very unhealthy.




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