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Tony Hsieh has died

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Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by exzappos »

homero wrote: post #30
cantrevealname wrote: post #28

Cause of death should be standard information when someone has passed away. If we're not supposed to talk about cause of death, then why should the age be mentioned? Why should the location where the person passed away be said? Why include next of kin -- surely that's completely irrelevant unless you are part of the family? Every single Wikipedia entry for a person who isn't living gives cause of death. If it's so ba…

Yeah every announcement keeps it a secret. I hate it. I find it disrespectful to us. We are fans and loved him but no we're not good enough to know why.

He had developed a severe drug addiction to ketamine and nitrous oxide. He completely lost touch with reality. Ended up killing himself in an explosion/fire that he caused himself. The reason he "retired" from Zappos was due to the aforementioned drug addiction and was not voluntary.

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by wdr1 »

cantrevealname wrote: post #28

Cause of death should be standard information when someone has passed away. If we're not supposed to talk about cause of death, then why should the age be mentioned? Why should the location where the person passed away be said? Why include next of kin -- surely that's completely irrelevant unless you are part of the family? Every single Wikipedia entry for a person who isn't living gives cause of death. If it's so ba…

Cause of death is public information, for reasons of public health. It's just not known yet.

That said, now isn't the time. Let people grieve. There will be time for questions later.

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by yftsui »

This makes me really sad.

10 years ago around Thanksgiving, I got my first Kindle - the keyboard one with an AT&T 3G card, one of the first few books I read was his "Delivering Happiness". Amazon was not the juggernaut it is today, the book stayed in my mind for such a long period was unprecedented.

My current Kindle Oasis is much better than my first Kindle, a lot of books have been read as well. However, I might never able to get same experience / inspiration again.

RIP.

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by asveikau »

dclusin wrote: post #40
dvt wrote: post #4

This is crazy, he's a veritable legend (and so young). RIP. My condolences go out to his friends and family. Maybe related to his stepping down 3 months ago[1]? My comment from that 3-month-old thread, regarding Hsieh: From 2015-2017, I worked at Edmunds.com which was (to put it lightly) a bit obsessed with "Delivering Happiness" and Zappos' culture. So much so, that the leadership team visited Vegas to get a tour of…

What sticks out to me in your comment is that in spite of all your nice words about their culture, the nicest/best people you worked with still left for other companies. I suspect it was probably a 20% pay raise that convinced them to.

I have no knowledge of either company mentioned, but sometimes people leave and it's not personal, especially with the passage of time.

Although, reading that comment again, 2015-2017 was not that long ago.

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by Overtonwindow »

exzappos wrote: post #51
homero wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah every announcement keeps it a secret. I hate it. I find it disrespectful to us. We are fans and loved him but no we're not good enough to know why.

He had developed a severe drug addiction to ketamine and nitrous oxide. He completely lost touch with reality. Ended up killing himself in an explosion/fire that he caused himself. The reason he "retired" from Zappos was due to the aforementioned drug addiction and was not voluntary.

The people of Silicon Valley and it’s offshoots seem to have a collective mindset of pushing the boundaries of pharmacology.

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by nostromo »

hauget wrote: post #21

46. RIP. "Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life’s books each day. … The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time.” - Seneca

“Live each day like it’s your last.”

“Live like you’ll never die.”

The more I think about these two sentiments, the more I think the more popular one is bad advice, and the less popular one is good advice.

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by exzappos »

Overtonwindow wrote: post #56
exzappos wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He had developed a severe drug addiction to ketamine and nitrous oxide. He completely lost touch with reality. Ended up killing himself in an explosion/fire that he caused himself. The reason he "retired" from Zappos was due to the aforementioned drug addiction and was not voluntary.

The people of Silicon Valley and it’s offshoots seem to have a collective mindset of pushing the boundaries of pharmacology.

Yeah unfortunately he was surrounded by too many enablers and sycophants. Though he did have a few people who tried to get him the help he needed.

Re: Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by asdf333 »

exzappos wrote: post #51
homero wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah every announcement keeps it a secret. I hate it. I find it disrespectful to us. We are fans and loved him but no we're not good enough to know why.

He had developed a severe drug addiction to ketamine and nitrous oxide. He completely lost touch with reality. Ended up killing himself in an explosion/fire that he caused himself. The reason he "retired" from Zappos was due to the aforementioned drug addiction and was not voluntary.

those are pretty wild claims. any way you can back it up?
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