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Just a week or so ago, Samsung chairman Lee Jae-yong told everyone in Samsung that there's only a "do or die" attitude. https://www.kedglobal.com/leadership-management/newsView/ked...
Guess he made his choice
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Could be worse. At least he got to live to see his daughter get married before logging out. I call that a win.
But every wedding anniversary of the daughter will be bittersweet...
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Maybe you're not familiar with the Chaebol system in Korea, but the leadership of Samsung is like some kind of modern-day monarchy-(not necessarily the CEO but the founding Lee family are royalty in the inheritance sense)- Samsung the company exists as a sort of independent nation-state that drives the Korean economy. (this guy was in charge of about 1/4 of the GDP of the entire economy of Korea) Saying "all he has t…
Well that and over 30 years more life…
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> I don’t think my kids would be happy if I quit my high paying job to pursue my dreams or whatever Wasting life on a lifestyle one doesn't enjoy, just to raise another generation of life-wasters? I don't get this ponzi scheme at all.
I'm from a similar bicultural household as rayiner, though from comment history I'm guessing I come down more on the American side. I've got enough of a background in both cultures to parse out and explain the differences though. It's not perceived as "wasting a life" or "not enjoying it" by the parent, and oftentimes not by the child either. Rather, it's different values, different time preferences, and different co…
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I see all these rich-famous people, having all the money for all the best care in the world, dying in 50s-60s and I get more and more anxious.
Healthcare doesn't do very much compared to not doing the unhealthy things in the first place, and being rich lets you buy a lot of unhealthy things.
Apparently he died at his daughter’s wedding. That’s an awful way to go.
I always shudder at the following: all three brothers of Charlotte Roche [0] were killed in a car crash on their way to her wedding. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Roche
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I sold my startup and got out of tech and I’m much happier. Didn’t fully understand how miserable the whole industry and the long hours sitting at the computer were making me. Good luck with the new life!
What are you doing now?
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If you're wishing hell on other people, you don't understand hell.
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Healthcare doesn't do very much compared to not doing the unhealthy things in the first place, and being rich lets you buy a lot of unhealthy things.
on the flipside -- avoiding unhealthy things, especially environmental health factors like carcinogens and microplastics, often requires a certain level of wealth.
The hard truth is that pollution and environmental toxins affect everyone present in that environment. Taxes and government regulation are going to do far more for the wealthy than individual changes in shopping habits.
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on the flipside -- avoiding unhealthy things, especially environmental health factors like carcinogens and microplastics, often requires a certain level of wealth.
The "wellness" industry is a way to scam rich people. You want to believe you can spend your money to opt out of environmental toxins by shopping at Erewhon. But you're still going to be exposed to all of this stuff unless you live in a hermetically sealed bubble and never leave. Or if you get rid of toxins in your area, an action which affects everyone. The hard truth is that pollution and environmental toxins affec…
Moving can often accomplish that depending on the selected location.