Apple CEO Tim Cook offered Steve Jobs part of his liver, but he refused

Post by jewel » Fri, Mar 13, 2015, 3:25 PM UTC

tosseraccount wrote: post #39

carbocation wrote: post #37

1. He turned down proven therapy and allowed his disease to progress while pursuing alternatives which had no chance of success. Shame onto those who offer false hope. May the tide of law someday turn against you with vigor. 2. In the context of the above, is it not possible that Mr. Jobs felt uneasy with the idea of putting Mr. Cook at risk (yes, liver surgery is a procedure with risk)? 3. Getting more speculative,…

may the tide of law someday turn against you with vigor. The government should force unwanted treatments on informed, responsible adults?

Post by goatforce5 » Fri, Mar 13, 2015, 3:28 PM UTC

nashashmi wrote: post #26

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #21

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Weirdos are going to be weirdos. I'm not sure why we expect these characters to act like level-headed middle-class people when they've spent their life acting the opposite. Health typically ties to religious faith often and Jobs was a pretty faithful California-style Buddhist and naturalist. Or maybe Jobs didn't want to go under the knife unless he had to. Who really knows. I don't begrudge anyone who is afraid of su…

+1, except those people are NOT "messed up". They think different. They think selfless. And they think there needs to be better ways of doing things. Herbal organic treatment was one way of possibly doing it better and Jobs tried it.

Post by skywhopper » Fri, Mar 13, 2015, 3:31 PM UTC

Bedon292 wrote: post #38

nkozyra wrote: post #13

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No, not really. Life extension is life saving, after all.

I think the difference between the two is a matter of time frame and perspective. While there is not a huge difference between the two, I read life extending as still dieing from the same cause at a later date, but still in the short term (maybe a year or two). Whereas I read life saving as completely beating the current life threatening injury / disease and dieing may years down the line to something completely diff…

Post by pjzedalis » Fri, Mar 13, 2015, 3:31 PM UTC

simulate wrote: post #33

Of all the people in the world to donate a portion of their liver to Steve Jobs, Tim Cook was the worst possible choice. Companies have travel policies where senior execs can't travel on the same plane together because, if that plane goes down, the organization loses leadership continuity. Hundreds of thousands of people rely on Apple for their livelihood and, from Apple's perspective, losing both Cook and Jobs would…

Post by dang » Fri, Mar 13, 2015, 6:44 PM UTC

Bedon292 wrote: post #12

Anyone else think it should be titled 'potentially life-saving' instead? There was no guarantee it would have, though it did have more potential than the transplant he received later in the year. edit: titles -> titled