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Leila Janah, CEO and entrepreneur who wanted to end global poverty, dies at 37
- nine_zeros 7y agoLife is short! No rat race can can compensate for an incomplete life
- johnhughesco 7y agoWhy downvoted
- abrookins 7y agoSuper sad. I interviewed at Samasource early in my career. They had a cool mission, and Ms. Janah seemed really inspiring. Glad she got to do so much with the time she had.
- uniclaude 7y agoSuch an inspiring career and life. I'm sad I have only learned about her and her achievements through her death. Much respect.
- andreasklinger 7y agoShe was an amazing and inspiring person.
- moneywoes 7y agoMy condolences to her family. Cancer is truly devastating.
- ta12126 7y agoUsing a throwaway account because I don't usually talk publicly about it. I did a round of "You're going to die" with esophageal cancer in 2017. The conversations I had with my peers that were waiting in line for radiation and/or chemo were refreshingly real and focused. It's interesting where your head eventually lands in these situations.
- cmauniada 7y agoDo you mind sharing some of your conversations?
- ta12126 7y agoSure. For whatever reason, my peers were mostly women, and I don't have many close female friends in my circles outside of my wife and sister. It was interesting how many of them had this sort of overwhelming guilt about dying. That they were somehow on the hook in an exclusive way for what happens to their husband and children when they are gone. There was one in particular that seemed obsessed about how selfish and materialistic her husband was, and how it might shape her kid's future. I was in line with her maybe 4 or 5 times, over a 4 month period, and we talked for 10-20 minutes or so each time. Still haunts me. She was very intelligent and rational, but deeply sad. She was in pretty rough shape, and I assume she died. Also, in kind of a selfish way, I liked the opportunity to talk with women in a deep way with no fear of jealousy, misread intentions, awkward intros, etc. They would open up immediately based on our shared experience. Felt like it was a unique opportunity to peer into something I'd never have found otherwise. I can now truly vouch for the idea that women have it generally harder vs men in Western culture.
- justanotherhn 7y agoI can now truly vouch for the idea that women have it generally harder vs men in Western culture. Based on what? You do not believe men have these same thoughts about their spouse and what happens to their loved ones after they pass? Even guilt as you described. I ask this with respect and curiocity.
- ta12126 7y agoBased on a bunch of guilt they were carrying to the grave that I wasn't. It was a personal observation. Not a scientific conclusion.
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- socmoth 7y agoshared an office with her in 2008. ;(
- hkai 7y agoYou should test yourself for cancer. There is an at-home DNA test, which I won't advertise, that tests your genetic predisposition for 36 types of cancer. If you happen to have a certain mutation, you and potentially your blood relatives should start doing tests, in some cases as early as 25 and every year.
- Larrikin 7y agoIt's a shame the good work the scientists accomplished at those companies has basically been burned by the product people trying to increase profitability.
- chii 7y ago> There is an at-home DNA test, which I won't advertise, why not? A word of mouth recommendation is the best form of endorsement (if you have no affiliation with said product).
- drcross 7y agoTheres no way to prove you don't have an endorsement with the product on the internet. Jesus man.
- ovx99 7y agoWtf is the test? annoying post...
- mrunkel 7y agoI'm guessing it is 23andMe.
- questionfor 7y agoCan you please tell which test?
- onetimemanytime 7y agoEspecially if your parents, or others upstream, died from it before a certain age...
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- sarakayakomzin 7y ago>Also, in kind of a selfish way, I liked the opportunity to talk with women in a deep way with no fear of jealousy, misread intentions, awkward intros, etc. have you tried treating them like people? > Sure. For whatever reason, my peers were mostly women, and I don't have many close female friends in my circles outside of my wife and sister. > I can now truly vouch for the idea that women have it generally harder vs men in Western culture if you were an alien observing from space and never had personal contact with a woman it would be just as obvious. the idea that it took you being diagnosed with cancer to break your echo chambers is ridiculous. >Felt like it was a unique opportunity to peer into something I'd never have found otherwise. read a book
- bby 7y agoOne of the greatest lives.
- mqzkehfbazkebf 7y agogood riddance
- stevefan1999 7y agoRIP