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Mark Hurd Has Died

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Re: Mark Hurd Has Died

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Post by mlyle »

minikites wrote: post #24
ycombonator wrote: post #19

Philosophically speaking, poof in an instant all those things that he accomplished didn’t matter when he died. He is at the same place as any random joe who died at his hospital.

Alexander the Great found the philosopher looking attentively at a pile of human bones. Diogenes explained, "I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave."

Don't be so cynical.

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Post by mistrial9 »

VonGuard wrote: post #15

I feel really bad for Hurd and his family. Why work that hard? The 24/7 CEO lifestyle seems like such a waste of time if you end up working it to the day you die. Like, why work that hard? For the family you never see? The vacation home you can visit for 5 days a year? The yacht you leave parked 360 days a year? The job is so demanding and so hard it seems like Mark worked himself to death, literally. He probably cou…

I know a family where the father did die of a heart attack in his 50s, definitely due to work pressure, and they made a lot more than average money. That is in California, USA.. he and his wife were first-generation immigrants.. big house, not an ordinary house.. plus all that goes with that.. to be clearer.. no actually, two families.. now that I think of it..

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Post by tempsy »

I see his life as a warning more than anything else. A person spending his entire adult life working non-stop, climbing the corporate ladder, and then to die so young...

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Post by bluedevil2k »

swagtricker wrote: post #59
bluedevil2k wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That comment is incredibly demeaning to women

Are you sure? I read that as being incredibly demeaning to men.

Yes I’m sure. You’re implying that because the woman posed for Playboy she’s now “damaged goods” and less deserving of respect by society. A man dating one of these “low society women” should be looked down upon as well. If the roles were reversed, if Carly Fiorina started dating a backup dancer from Magic Mike XXL, should we judge her negatively for that?

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Post by tempsy »

eigenvalue wrote: post #23
VonGuard wrote: post #15

I feel really bad for Hurd and his family. Why work that hard? The 24/7 CEO lifestyle seems like such a waste of time if you end up working it to the day you die. Like, why work that hard? For the family you never see? The vacation home you can visit for 5 days a year? The yacht you leave parked 360 days a year? The job is so demanding and so hard it seems like Mark worked himself to death, literally. He probably cou…

Without knowing the cause of death, I think it's premature to say that he worked himself to death. It was probably some kind of cancer that probably would have happened anyway. The bigger question I think is, if he could do it over again, would he have tried to spend more of his short time on earth with his family and relaxing/enjoying life rather than working? And even that is not so clear cut-- it may well be that…

I don't think you climb the corporate ladder in the way he did without working long, grueling hours, especially if your career lands you at Oracle of all places.

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Post by bitL »

luma wrote: post #54
RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #44

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Agreed, but her modeling for Playboy had no part in making the relationship consequential. It is a gratuitous detail.

Why not? If modelling was her thing, a Playboy appearance is a major accomplishment.

Getting into Playboy these days means that the model is able to find a sponsor that pays her appearance in the magazine. It is an achievement, but of a completely different kind than most people would have thought. Source: I am a photographer, know some of their models and they told me.

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Post by [deleted] »

pbae wrote: post #60
_lbaq wrote: post #53

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Few old people looking back with perspective say that they worked to little...

Problem is, nobody asks life advice from people whose failing was that they worked too little.

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