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Steve Jobs famously did this at Atari. As a student, at Reed College, Steve Jobs came to believe that if he ate only fruits he would eliminate all mucus and no
by ceilingcorner 6y ago
Steve Jobs famously did this at Atari.
As a student, at Reed College, Steve Jobs came to believe that if he ate only fruits he would eliminate all mucus and not need to shower anymore. It didn’t work. He didn’t smell good. When he got a job at Atari, given his odor, he was swiftly moved into the night shift, where he would be less disruptive to the nostrils of his fellow colleagues.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/freekvermeulen/2011/10/17/steve-jobs-the-man-was-fallible/?sh=1a7875365ee1 https://www.forbes.com/sites/freekvermeulen/2011/10/17/steve...
- ip34162 6y agoHe was superstitious when it came to medicine, and that lead to his death. His cancer was curable. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/oct/21/steve-jobs-cancer-surgery-regret https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/oct/21/steve-job...
- prepend 6y agoI mean, it’s curable but the 5 year survival rate is only 5-10% [0] Jobs delaying treatment likely made it worse for him, but I don’t think it’s fair to say his disease was curable. Especially when compared to something like melanoma that’s 90% for five year survival [1]. Had his fruitarian tendencies led to him dying of hepatitis or something, that’s a different story. [0] https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/pancreatic-cancer/pancreatic-cancer-prognosis https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseas... [1] https://www.cancer.org/cancer/melanoma-skin-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/survival-rates-for-melanoma-skin-cancer-by-stage.html https://www.cancer.org/cancer/melanoma-skin-cancer/detection...
- matthewmacleod 6y agoIt's worth pointing out that Jobs specifically had an islet cell tumour, which is a pretty distinct form of pancreatic cancer and has a 5-year survival rate of maybe 50-60%. (This is not to make a point about any personal health decisions he may have taken, but just to clarify why you will often hear his cancer being described as "curable").
- prepend 6y agoThanks for clarifying the specific type of cancer. But I still think it’s inaccurate to call a 50-60% survival rate cancer as “curable.”
- ip34162 6y agoHe had a rare type of pancreatic cancer. // Jobs had a rare form of the cancer, known as neuroendocrine cancer, which grows more slowly and is easier to treat, explains Leonard Saltz, acting chief of the gastrointestinal oncology service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. "Survival for many years or even decades with endocrine cancer is not surprising." For that type, the sort that Jobs had, "survival is measured in years, as opposed to pancreatic cancer, which is measured in months." // https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pancreatic-cancer-type-jobs/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pancreatic-cancer...