Lets give the guy a break. He's helped a lot of folks, entrepreneurs and others too. Revealing out his own demons and suffering is part of his own therapy so it looks, and let us wish him a solid and prompt recovery and a great time with his family.

The bottom of the barrel in this discussion is an embarrassment.

All: Personal swipes are neither civil nor substantive, so they break the Hacker News guidelines twice over. When you're tempted to post them, please don't.

Is there any background to this?

"The past few months have been bumpy for tech pundit Robert Scoble. They have included a confession about being sexually abused as a teenager; a diagnosis of cancer; a decision to go to Alcoholics Anonymous; a new best friend who had him wearing a "Hustler" cap (see above) and making videos about "Hustle University"..."

http://valleywag.gawker.com/robert-scoble-in-recovery-going-...

I think this is the beginning of a pattern. I was once a die hard techie too, addicted to all the new gadgets, spending 10+ hours out of the day in the Valley in front of 5 glowing monitors - but these apps and devices run the same patterns in our brain as drugs and alcohol. Their a vice. I cold turkey dropped drugs, social networks, my smartphone, and more of my gadgets about 9 months ago. Never been happier.

"The problems plain to see, too much technology. Machines to save our lives, machines dehumanize"

Best of luck to him - he was one of the judges at the Slash hackathon (Slash-a-thon) last year during SXSW, and he was a really nice guy when I met him.

Wow I respect him a million times more for having the courage to come out and admit his problems. Good luck on the road of recovery!

The death of Google Glass must have made him question his worldview.

But before he go, he liked his own farewell post.

No idea. I've always felt that he's made himself seem important to the success of others.

I personally don't like him or his self-importance but I do wish him best in recovery.

It would have been sad if he wasn't in AA, isn't this good?

Accepting your flaws and taking the courage to fix them is difficult and he is doing that, it is really good.

A whole lot better than being a drunk though.

So what does he do? Is his skill just speaking? Must be nice. I guess he has a degree in communication or writing.