What Happened to Lee (2020)
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What Happened to Lee (2020)
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#2Discussed at the time (of the article):
What Happened to Lee - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22878136 - April 2020 (278 comments)
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#4I didn't know who he was when I clicked it. This a very nice write up, it was very interesting
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#5So sad. This reminds me of the story of Eric Sun who had an incurable brain cancer and fulfilled one final act.
Video (may make you cry) https://youtube.com/watch?v=OA8FJiz2ies
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/01/a-tech-pioneer...
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#6Bloody hell this is like my worst nightmare. The inability of the self to diagnose the self is particularly cruel.
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#7Bloody hell this is like my worst nightmare. The inability of the self to diagnose the self is particularly cruel.
My grandmother recently passed away. She'd had dementia for quite a few years, and in a cruel "death by a thousand cuts" it's a disease that robs you of... you.
But it also robs your family of you, it replaces you with a physically present but empty shell in the shape of a human, who is not particularly pleasant to be around because, to quote The Zombies, "she's not there". One of my (irrational) fears is to be remembered by my family as I will be in my later, doddering years, rather than as the spritely, attentive, loving, and supportive father I've worked hard to be presently. Maintaining my health and intellectual curiosity is partially in pursuit of extending my stay outside of doddering old-age-hood as long as possible.
This story sounds similar, but all the more tragic because Lee Holloway was in early-mid life.
A shuddering reminder of the cold apathy of the universe, and to be thankful for, well, pretty much any good thing you've experienced ever.
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#8So sad. This reminds me of the story of Eric Sun who had an incurable brain cancer and fulfilled one final act. Video (may make you cry) https://youtube.com/watch?v=OA8FJiz2ies https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/01/a-tech-pioneer...
OP delivered tears.
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#9At the same time for me sadly, it is a proof that there is no after life.
When lights go out, our consciousness fades away...
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#10I cried for weeks and even months anytime I thought about this after I read it back in 2020. Such a sad story, so upsetting. To this day, it continues to inspire me with gratitude for my good health (in relative terms) and wonderful family.