Jobs’ reasoning was that he “didn’t want [his]body to be opened” and that “he didn’t want to be violated in that way”. That does falls in line with who Jobs was spiritually but seems like a mistake that could have been avoided. 60 Minutes asks the obvious question, how could such a smart man make such a stupid decision? Isaacson, who has had numerous conversations with Jobs, says:
“I think that he kind of felt that if you ignore something, if you don’t want something to exist, you can have magical thinking…we talked about this a lot. He wanted to talk about it, how he regretted it….I think he felt he should have been operated on sooner.”
He eventually had the surgery, some nine months later, due to pressure from his family and friends, but that point, the cancer had spread to the tissue around him. Isaacson said that Jobs downplayed the severity of his illness, even receiving cancer treatment in secret but eventually came to regret his decision to delay the surgery. [CBS news]
Andrew
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 9:34 AMJust like his products – you can’t open them up to change the battery.
Mandroid
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 10:16 AMHe made a mistake, big deal.
Now he’s dead.
Move on already
Antipodean
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 10:18 AMSo not only was he a bloody megalomaniac, an asshat to work for and extremely arrogant, he had a few bolts loose in the engine room! Go figure!
Joel
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 11:13 AMOh you worked for him did you? That’s cool. I don’t mind the whole “Steve was this, Steve was that blahblah”, but you are aware that you pretty much just called every spiritual/buddhist person bat shit crazy right? Kind of harsh.
Jaezass
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 12:27 PMWhat crap, The mans temper and ego are well documented, if he was a Buddhist (was he?) that doesn’t stop him from getting an operation to save his life. Mate have your head up your arse and you are having trouble breathing, try pulling it out!
B
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 12:36 PMfyi, I’m a Buddhist and theres nothing stopping you from getting an operation of any kind.
Joel
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 12:37 PMDo you feel better now?
As I was saying, I couldn’t care less what he has to say about Steve Jobs, but calling spirituality/buddhism someone who “has a few bolts loose” is pretty much like calling Muslims terrorists or Asians bad drivers. That’s all I was noting, so relax, smile and enjoy the sunny day instead of snapping and trying to prove your self worth on the internet.
Jaezass
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 1:03 PMeh,.. no one mentioned anything about his religion but you, and as “B” mentioned Buddhism doesn’t stop you from having a life saving operation. I think you got wound up for the wrong reason, but each to their own.
Joel
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 1:10 PMI just grouped spirituality and buddhism together because I didn’t know whether buddhism was part of his spiritual reason to not get the surgery.
Spirituality was obviously the main reason why he didn’t get the surgery done, saying someone has some bolts loose because he had a spiritual reason not to do so (whether he was right or wrong) is close enough to mocking a religion. That is all. I’m really tired of snappy ass people on here. Go away now I’m over it.
Greg
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 1:27 PMreligious people are asshats dealwithit
Jamie
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 10:32 AMI guess he was just trying to ‘Think Different’.
Ash
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 11:51 AMThats not different thinking, its stupid thinking. If he lived longer, he could have enjoyed life to an older age with his wife and kids rather than have regrets that he didn’t spend enough time with his family. Stupid and childish decision from an otherwise energetic and creative leader.
Jaezass
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 12:29 PMPretty sure that was a joke dude, as for having regrets… the guys dead?
Just This Guy ...
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 12:58 PMi wonder then…
If Apple slides in it’s ranking and the shareholders all start missing out on their squillions, will they all hire lawyers and sue Jobs’ estate because he failed to properly look after what was arguable Apple’s greatest asset? ie Himself?
Dude appears to have been arrogant to the point of thinking he was immortal. But I’m only going by what others have published.
Steve
Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 12:18 AMI’m not buying the story. Something got lost in translation here, or someone’s just making shit up.
“didn’t want [his] body to be opened”
The dude had a liver transplant. One of the most invasive surgeries you can get. So he eventually DOES get the surgery? SO why the bloody article? Why’s this a story at all?
People refuse surgery all the time at my work and for many reasons: Cost (unlikely), diminished quality of life (the most common), dying with dignity, and for a plethora of other reasons.
none
Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 5:55 PM“He eventually had the surgery, some nine months later, due to pressure from his family and friends, but that point, the cancer had spread to the tissue around him.”