[Imustaskforhelp]

I mean, maybe he meant to point out that south korea as a country focuses way too much on this work culture and he might've sacrificed his precious family time / just became a "well off cog" in this huge machine.

Maybe he was passionate. Maybe he felt obliged / motivated even to prove to others who helped him get to CEO that he was the right choice.

But in the end , like all people , he died.

In the end , all he had after all his efforts were inheritance and obituary.

We might never know if his final moments were full of regret or full of acceptance & happiness.

Death is just one breath away. Knocking on our doors. Our fragile egos can't understand death but it very desperately tries to.

I am not sure why but I really wish to end my comment with the famous quote by Albert Camus, "One must imagine Sisyphus happy." (Not sure, if it really relates to the other paragraphs in this comment but I for one felt like that so I am just writing it out here)

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Not SK in particular but the point of all of this in general, especially for those who have reached such heights.

63 is a young age to die in a rich country, especially for a corporate titan. Warren Buffett has been at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway an entire-my-lifetime of years between him and Jong-hee Han.

Gabe Newell famously has yachts around the world, explores the oceans and seems to be enjoying the fruits of his labor without kicking the bucket immediately after the release of Half Life 2.

Chuck Feeney made himself a multi billionaire and impressively gave it all away to charity within his lifetime. While so many plutocrats would “pledge” their wealth after death, Feeney had the stones to do it while he drew breath, earning him a high seat in the pantheon of philanthropy.

So what’s the point of all this work if it buys you an early grave? I’m sure he would have enjoyed a comfortable and lengthy retirement with his family, if he could’ve gotten there.

[Imustaskforhelp]

Beautifully Written! I think this was sort of what I was also saying, though you wrote it out more succint.

In fact, I might argue that why not take this step further! Like yes, gabe newell has his yachts and he's having fun. But I might argue that its not his yachts that we aspire. Its his freedom. And I think its this freedom of having fun which we need to maximize (let's try to df/dx it ,jk) and in my opinion, you don't need tooo much money (100 Million-esque) to do that.

I think even a million - 10 Mill can be great, but even better could be something like how the 4 hour work week recommends. Though, to be honest, my issue with the 4h work week is that you are forced to leave the comfort of job security for once and he says that you can enter any time soon but I genuinely believe that the current job market is rough, so that's the only caveat I have.

For that, I think that you have to be frugal and have a huge emergency fund. Something which suits me quite well actually.

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This is most definitely a viewpoint on life.

I've also worked with people with an entirely different viewpoint and I highly respected them and don't think they lived any less of a life, in fact they are greatly missed and leave behind a legacy.

The architype of those people, "I'm not slowing down, while I can still do my work I'll go on until they take me out of here feet first. That's why you guys are around me, I expect you to call me out when you see me slipping." And they really did get carried out feet first. Their memorials were attend by thousands willingly and they are still respected and an inspiration to those that worked with them.

Neither is wrong. Life isn't binary either. If someone is happy who are we to judge their life.

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> This is most definitely a viewpoint on life.

> I've also worked with people with an entirely different viewpoint and I highly respected them and don't think they lived any less of a life, in fact they are greatly missed and leave behind a legacy.

> The architype of those people, "I'm not slowing down, while I can still do my work I'll go on until they take me out of here feet first. That's why you guys are around me, I expect you to call me out when you see me slipping." And they really did get carried out feet first. Their memorials were attend by thousands willingly and they are still respected and an inspiration to those that worked with them.

> Neither is wrong. Life isn't binary either. If someone is happy who are we to judge their life.

> Their memorials were attend by thousands willingly and they are still respected and an inspiration to those that worked with them.

But, they are dead. /s

[Imustaskforhelp]

I actually think we should discuss such things more publicly.

So many people glorify their role in the cog. Not realising that nobody cares.