Remember that the anecdotes on here serve two purposes. (i) to show that the aggregate does not inform the individual. As a species we are too influenced by ag

Remember that the anecdotes on here serve two purposes. (i) to show that the aggregate does not inform the individual. As a species we are too influenced by aggregate stats. There is huge variation in individual responses. (ii) history is written by the winners. Those people who did not survive cancer are not here to write about it and those surrounding them tend to want to forget and move on. Survivor bias is a real thing. Not only is this story a reminder that life is short, but also that we must battle each day to keep perspective when the world and our human limitations are always trying to skew our views. Given the tensions in the world, seeing things from the other points of view has never been more important.