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The person you've responded to never said we should live forever, nor did they say they hate the fact that people die; rather, they said they hated cancer. Tha

The person you've responded to never said we should live forever, nor did they say they hate the fact that people die; rather, they said they hated cancer. That's an important nuance you left out from assertion, isn't it? Sure, you may not want people to live forever, but that has absolutely nothing to do with the above comment; indeed, what you've said might be viewed as somewhat callous when considering the context that someone has revealed that they have terminal cancer.

gargoiler 14y ago
"I'd say it's my hatred of cancer that drives me to want to achieve riches, via a startup, so I can pour money into its vanquishing." It was mainly this that I thought was ridiculous. It sums up a lot of what is terrible about valley startup culture, and the strange culture of wanting to cure all diseases. Oh yeah, I plan to do a startup, solve the money problem, then spend my life fixing all the things I can with my immense wealth. Like say cancer or global warming! Thanks for highlighting why I shouldn't comment on HN though.