Former YouTube CEO, Susan Wojcicki, 56, succumbs to cancer Susan Wojcicki, the architect of YouTube's spectacular rise and one of Silicon Valley's most influential figures, has passed away at age 56 after a two-year battle with cancer. The news was announced on Saturday by her husband of 26 years and Google colleague, Dennis Troper. He called her impact on their family and the world " …
It is notable that she was probably the executive who had the longest-lasting career at Google; the founders and most of the C-level from before 2010 have left, retired or been otherwise replaced long ago. For somebody who joined the company essentially by chance, she was one of the most successful.
Yes. Besides nearly sharing a name, we nearly shared a birth year. (I'm one of the young'uns here.) It's a sobering thought, as well as a damned shame for Ms. Wojcicki. (I may not have approved of every decision she made, but I certainly wouldn't have wished this on her. Condolences to her family.)
I know she rubbed a lot of people up the wrong way but no one should be gone at age 56. She worked her whole life on a her career, climb the ladder and made millions and in the end none of it was able to save her other than make her last few months of life tolerable.
Let it be a warning to all of us, sure we need to work to pay the bills but once you have enough in your pots to get by then get the hell out and enjoy life 'cos you never know when your time is up and all the money in the world will do nothing for you when it's time to go.
There's *never* enough time. Every day, one after another, until we wake up and it turns out that's the day our world ends. You have to do what you can,when you can - because who knows if tomorrow is even happening.
-- Order of the Stick #1025 (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1025.html)
This was written to commemorate a respected forum member, but I printed it out and put it on the wall, because those words are something to remember.
Without detracting from the core of your message, sometimes there *is* enough time. When I was caring for elderly relatives I spent quite a bit of time in and out of old peoples' homes; and it was simultaneously depressing and relieving to see how many of them were - for want of a better expression - ready to go. They'd done everything they wanted to do, seen everyone they wanted to see, and they'd had enough.
My wish is that when my time comes, it comes at a point where I think yes, now I'm ready. Not before, and certainly not too long after (because that sucks too - no longer able to live a meaningful life, but stuck in a body and/or mind that - whilst failing day by day, simply refuses to quit and let you go).
I appreciate the sentiment, but I'll just note that for many of us, work is part of what we enjoy about life. Certainly I very much value the time I spend with family and friends, but I hope to be able to continue working, in one way or another, up until the end. Even if I'm no longer physically capable of working on my homes and cars someday, I hope I can still perform intellectual work. (Not necessarily paid, but productive labor that interests me.)
Different people find satisfaction in different ways.
I don't wish anybody, even evildoers, premature end of their lifespan as their opportunity to repent is lost.
It all boils down in the end, whether her collaboration was in *bona-fide* based on sheer ignorance, or intentional. I do not know, not here to judge.
If you do not know what am I talking about, lookup her history, people & places she had met, her semi-public appearances and claims openly admitted violation of free speech and deliberate massive manipulation of public opinion.
Well, you know the new principle that's become enshrined in the constitution of public opinion: if a media outlet is big enough for me to have heard of it, they're required to carry my message. Otherwise my rights are being trampled.
God forbid anyone should have to exercise a bit of rhetoric to reach an audience, as the promulgators of unpopular opinions did in earlier times. Think how much easier a time folks like Sojourner Truth and Charles Eastman and Susan B. Anthony and Malcolm X would have had if only there'd only been a YouTube that was required to carry and feature their videos.
When some anonymous douchebag takes the opportunity of someone's death to give them a kicking in the comments section, then yes - calling them out on their douchey conduct is helpful.
Assuming you're talking about the use of the word 'retarded', you might want to look it up. It means less advanced intellectually or mentally than would be expected for one's age. In this context, it's quite literally the right word for the job.
Remember kids, it's only triggering if you want it to be.
Wow. You're going to double down on using the term. Surprising.
As you may be able to tell from my handle, I'm a physician. Medical school professor with computer hobbies, which is why I'm here.
In answer to your explanation, I think most people would agree that calling people out on contemptible behavior is certainly fine. What isn't fine, is using pejorative terms to do so, as you are then doing exactly the same thing as that which you are criticising. The term for that, since you seem to want to be pedantic, is 'hypocrisy'.
With regard to the term 'retarded', the DSM 5 replaced the term 'mental retardation' with 'intellectual disability' in 2013, the WHO did the same in 2016, the Federal Register removed the term from all US state and federal documents in 2017 via legislation called 'Rosa's Law' (Public Law 111-256), and in 2019 at the General Assembly, the AMA passed Resolution 024 A19 affirming the the term has been struck from currently acceptable medical terminology. It's not used by professionals generally anymore.
Please remember, it's very easy to allow our emotions to lead us into verbal excesses, even when we only have the best intentions. I suspect you understand that, but were piqued at the time.
Thank you for the discussion, and have a wonderful evening.
"Please remember, it's very easy to allow our emotions to lead us into verbal excesses, even when we only have the best intentions. I suspect you understand that, but were piqued at the time."
Thank you for the explanation. I fully agree. Should a point ever arise where I feel I am being led into a verbal excess, I shall be sure and consider this.
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