<story><title>Biographer: Jobs refused early and potentially life-saving surgery</title><url>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/20/60minutes/main20123269.shtml</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tremendo</author><text>I really dislike all these after-the-fact rationalizations and second-guessing, and wish we could simply let the man rest in peace.&lt;p&gt;That said, for those interested, an actually well reasoned and knowledgeable piece on the subject comes from Science Based Medicine: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/the-death-of-steve-jobs/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/the-death-of-s...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some quotes:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;Did Jobs significantly decrease his chance of surviving his cancer by waiting nine months to undergo surgery? It seems like a no-brainer, but it turns out that that’s actually a very tough question to answer.&lt;p&gt;... So, is it possible, even likely, that Jobs compromised his chances of survival? Yes. Is it definite that he did? No, it’s not...  In fact, based on statistics alone, it’s unlikely that a mere nine months took Jobs “from the high end to the low end of the survival rate,”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now, let&apos;s hope this thread dies instead.</text></comment>
<story><title>Biographer: Jobs refused early and potentially life-saving surgery</title><url>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/20/60minutes/main20123269.shtml</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>MichaelApproved</author><text>I found this interesting too: &lt;i&gt;&quot;he saw Apple staffers turn into &quot;bizarro people&quot; by the riches the Apple stock offering created. Isaacson says Jobs vowed never to let his wealth change him.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I wonder what he&apos;ll consider to be &lt;i&gt;bizarro&lt;/i&gt;.</text></comment>