, people tend to fall into the learned helplessness trap far too easily; coddled and affirmed by the internet, which just makes people fall all the more quickly.

It is an epidemic. It makes everyone feel like a victim of circumstance, instead of an agent of change.

As for the Oura ring, that's the posh one right? I decided against it due to subscription fees

Yeah, but it is Finnish, and some of my friends have worked on some of the various bits of code and sensors - so support local, right?