@jef @PaniczGodek [Jef! As another prediluvian, I’m glad to see you here.]
After 40 years with it, I regard emacs as a programmable interactive environment for implementing (primarily text) workflows. Using it to edit source code, read email, or manage one’s agenda are just applications of that engine. From this perspective, small editors with emacs keybinds (mg/e/&c) lack the Buddha nature.