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Next time you're thinking "I wish I was the one who had made a billion dollars with my startup idea", remember that only health and family matter, and to have f

by yyyfb 2y ago

Next time you're thinking "I wish I was the one who had made a billion dollars with my startup idea", remember that only health and family matter, and to have fun while you're alive. RIP. Edit: some people misinterpreted my comment. I'm just one anonymous voice on the Internet, but am deeply saddened by the passing of Susan Wojcicki, who meant a lot to me as one of the many people who crossed paths with her professionally. I wish her family strength in a very trying moment. She did not deserve this. I've not met another business leader demonstrate everyday kindness to the degree that she did. Her untimely passing is also a reminder to those of us who sometimes look up to such successful businesspeople that we should all appreciate our luck to be alive and enjoy it to the fullest, as I hope that she did as well, and as I'm sure that she'd prefer we did. RIP

dyauspitr 2y ago
Susan didn’t start YouTube.
geodel 2y ago
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- presentation 2y ago
  So this comment applies to people who are at least somewhat affluent and career-ambitious. Perhaps this person does not need to be addressing everybody on the planet to be making a valid statement.
- thrownawaysz 2y ago
  Both this and the other posts are full of rich people apologists, “remember billionaires are humans too!”. So out of touch when billions live in poverty but imagine telling them, “remember have fun money doesn’t matter” when they can’t even have basic clean water or clothes
- vsuperpower2021 2y ago
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asah 2y ago
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- topkai22 2y ago
  I think you are interpreting the comment rather ungenerously. This sounds far more like finding common humanity with the deceased then somehow correlating cancer to wealth.
- vsuperpower2021 2y ago
  What's with all the pearl clutching today? If you want to act morally outraged, at least find something even mildly offensive to respond to.
Cookingboy 2y ago
As far as net worth figure goes your health is the first significant digit, everything else come after.
- ithkuil 2y ago
  > first significant digit Big endian
santiagobasulto 2y ago
This has nothing to do with business or entrepreneurship. It's cancer, it's a bitch. It can take a 10 year old boy, or an elite athlete.
- troll_v_bridge 2y ago
  You can’t really say it does or doesn’t. Research shows stress can be a contributor though. https://med.stanford.edu/survivingcancer/cancer-and-stress/stress-and-cancer.html#:~:text=Many%20researchers%20have%20found%20that,to%20all%20sicknesses%2C%20including%20cancer https://med.stanford.edu/survivingcancer/cancer-and-stress/s....
  - roenxi 2y ago
    Well, yeah. For the sort of people who have "Title: CEO" on their Wikipedia page I suspect we're overdrawing from the pool of people where mission implicitly matters a little more than taking it easy. One way or the other you're going to die, but if your response to that is to relax and try to eke out a few years by keeping your stress down then CEOing is probably not for you.
    - cpncrunch 2y ago
      You can change it if you want to. An extra 25 years seems worth it to me.
  - amelius 2y ago
    Being on the wrong side of the wealth-gap can also induce stress ...
  - cpncrunch 2y ago
    Main factors are sleep, sunlight, diet and exercise as well as stress. You can see her schedule here: https://press.farm/susan-wojcickis-daily-routine-youtubes-ceo/ https://press.farm/susan-wojcickis-daily-routine-youtubes-ce... Sleep about 6hr, which isnt ideal. Not much chance to get sunlight which significantly reduces cancer incidence. Not much relaxing time. The question becomes, is the work worth it?
noncoml 2y ago
That’s BS. Yes, both rich and poor die of cancer. But being rich or even just comfortable gives you a completely different experience during the end of life. You can afford to quit your job and be with your friends and family. You can afford to see that best doctors that will ensure you have as comfortable as possible end of life. Your kids can afford to take a sabbatical to come spend time with you. You can be sure that no matter what your kids will be financially secure. You know that you got the absolute best care that you could. The list goes on. Cancer is horrible and everyone who loses someone hurts the same. But you absolutely cannot keep saying that being poor and rich doesn’t make a difference during the progress of this awful disease. Only someone who has never been poor would ever say that.
- jart 2y ago
  If you're poor you won't even officially have cancer, because no one will diagnose you, since then you'd be entitled to services. Someone who's actually been poor would understand this.
  - somenameforme 2y ago
    Lots (if not all?) of hospitals offer free care options for patients in poverty. I grew up poor and had a family member who was able to be diagnosed, for free, a university clinic that offered free care, and then was able to receive free care through a program offered at one of top 5 ranked cancer systems in the US. Although the premium quality wasn't even that big of a deal. The overwhelming majority of care can be provided pretty much anywhere. It's not like a premium hospital offers super chemo or super radiation. The treatment is what it is, and all the money in the world isn't going to significantly change your odds of survival relative to basic treatment provided at any clinic anywhere. The US healthcare system is broken beyond belief, and I do think there is some degree of managerial sociopathy around profit (particularly in the pharmaceutical and insurance wings), but by and large there still remain options for people even if they may be arduous, and I do think that hospitals and doctors are still significantly motivated just to provide good care.
    - 2y ago
chr1 2y ago
Health is only temporary, and everyone in your family is going to die, until someone makes a trillion dollar startup to cure aging. So it is fundamentally wrong to put health, family, and work as things opposing each other, ultimately they are all needed on a way to get all of the galaxy filled with life. And as Susan have shown one can both do great work, and have a big family with 5 children.
- RobertDeNiro 2y ago
  High levels of stress (often related to work) have been shown to impact health. So I think it’s a fair thing to oppose them.
  - boringg 2y ago
    Isn't that person and stress source dependent. Also working until late in life actually improves mental acuity and fights off dementia. So maybe work but not in excessively high stress loads is your point? Though i think your implied underlying assumption that because she was a leader in tech and under a high workload somehow caused this is unfounded and unnecessary.
    - anon7725 2y ago
      There must be a difference between the stress experienced by a financially independent CEO and a marginally-employed gig worker. One is the stress of essentially playing a game or working on a challenge and the other is existential.
      - gunapologist99 2y ago
        This sample size of one would seem to disagree. Stress is stress, and the outcome can certainly be the same in the end. RIP
- badpun 2y ago
  Why it's a good idea to fill galaxy with life? Why should we care about it? Also, seeing that our current civilization-system is already at the brink of catastrophe, we should focus on less ambitious goals, such as preserving life on Earth.
wslh 2y ago
Your message is very powerful, for the good, and I think people nowadays are used to extremes instead of the balance when they read something like your comment.

by yyyfb 2y ago

dyauspitr 2y ago

Susan didn’t start YouTube.

geodel 2y ago

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presentation 2y ago
So this comment applies to people who are at least somewhat affluent and career-ambitious. Perhaps this person does not need to be addressing everybody on the planet to be making a valid statement.
thrownawaysz 2y ago
Both this and the other posts are full of rich people apologists, “remember billionaires are humans too!”. So out of touch when billions live in poverty but imagine telling them, “remember have fun money doesn’t matter” when they can’t even have basic clean water or clothes
vsuperpower2021 2y ago
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asah 2y ago

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topkai22 2y ago
I think you are interpreting the comment rather ungenerously. This sounds far more like finding common humanity with the deceased then somehow correlating cancer to wealth.
vsuperpower2021 2y ago
What's with all the pearl clutching today? If you want to act morally outraged, at least find something even mildly offensive to respond to.

Cookingboy 2y ago

As far as net worth figure goes your health is the first significant digit, everything else come after.

ithkuil 2y ago
> first significant digit Big endian

santiagobasulto 2y ago

This has nothing to do with business or entrepreneurship. It's cancer, it's a bitch. It can take a 10 year old boy, or an elite athlete.

troll_v_bridge 2y ago
You can’t really say it does or doesn’t. Research shows stress can be a contributor though. https://med.stanford.edu/survivingcancer/cancer-and-stress/stress-and-cancer.html#:~:text=Many%20researchers%20have%20found%20that,to%20all%20sicknesses%2C%20including%20cancer https://med.stanford.edu/survivingcancer/cancer-and-stress/s....
- roenxi 2y ago
  Well, yeah. For the sort of people who have "Title: CEO" on their Wikipedia page I suspect we're overdrawing from the pool of people where mission implicitly matters a little more than taking it easy. One way or the other you're going to die, but if your response to that is to relax and try to eke out a few years by keeping your stress down then CEOing is probably not for you.
  - cpncrunch 2y ago
    You can change it if you want to. An extra 25 years seems worth it to me.
- amelius 2y ago
  Being on the wrong side of the wealth-gap can also induce stress ...
- cpncrunch 2y ago
  Main factors are sleep, sunlight, diet and exercise as well as stress. You can see her schedule here: https://press.farm/susan-wojcickis-daily-routine-youtubes-ceo/ https://press.farm/susan-wojcickis-daily-routine-youtubes-ce... Sleep about 6hr, which isnt ideal. Not much chance to get sunlight which significantly reduces cancer incidence. Not much relaxing time. The question becomes, is the work worth it?

noncoml 2y ago

That’s BS. Yes, both rich and poor die of cancer. But being rich or even just comfortable gives you a completely different experience during the end of life. You can afford to quit your job and be with your friends and family. You can afford to see that best doctors that will ensure you have as comfortable as possible end of life. Your kids can afford to take a sabbatical to come spend time with you. You can be sure that no matter what your kids will be financially secure. You know that you got the absolute best care that you could. The list goes on. Cancer is horrible and everyone who loses someone hurts the same. But you absolutely cannot keep saying that being poor and rich doesn’t make a difference during the progress of this awful disease. Only someone who has never been poor would ever say that.

jart 2y ago
If you're poor you won't even officially have cancer, because no one will diagnose you, since then you'd be entitled to services. Someone who's actually been poor would understand this.
- somenameforme 2y ago
  Lots (if not all?) of hospitals offer free care options for patients in poverty. I grew up poor and had a family member who was able to be diagnosed, for free, a university clinic that offered free care, and then was able to receive free care through a program offered at one of top 5 ranked cancer systems in the US. Although the premium quality wasn't even that big of a deal. The overwhelming majority of care can be provided pretty much anywhere. It's not like a premium hospital offers super chemo or super radiation. The treatment is what it is, and all the money in the world isn't going to significantly change your odds of survival relative to basic treatment provided at any clinic anywhere. The US healthcare system is broken beyond belief, and I do think there is some degree of managerial sociopathy around profit (particularly in the pharmaceutical and insurance wings), but by and large there still remain options for people even if they may be arduous, and I do think that hospitals and doctors are still significantly motivated just to provide good care.
  - 2y ago

chr1 2y ago

Health is only temporary, and everyone in your family is going to die, until someone makes a trillion dollar startup to cure aging. So it is fundamentally wrong to put health, family, and work as things opposing each other, ultimately they are all needed on a way to get all of the galaxy filled with life. And as Susan have shown one can both do great work, and have a big family with 5 children.

RobertDeNiro 2y ago
High levels of stress (often related to work) have been shown to impact health. So I think it’s a fair thing to oppose them.
- boringg 2y ago
  Isn't that person and stress source dependent. Also working until late in life actually improves mental acuity and fights off dementia. So maybe work but not in excessively high stress loads is your point? Though i think your implied underlying assumption that because she was a leader in tech and under a high workload somehow caused this is unfounded and unnecessary.
  - anon7725 2y ago
    There must be a difference between the stress experienced by a financially independent CEO and a marginally-employed gig worker. One is the stress of essentially playing a game or working on a challenge and the other is existential.
    - gunapologist99 2y ago
      This sample size of one would seem to disagree. Stress is stress, and the outcome can certainly be the same in the end. RIP
badpun 2y ago
Why it's a good idea to fill galaxy with life? Why should we care about it? Also, seeing that our current civilization-system is already at the brink of catastrophe, we should focus on less ambitious goals, such as preserving life on Earth.

wslh 2y ago

Your message is very powerful, for the good, and I think people nowadays are used to extremes instead of the balance when they read something like your comment.