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Judging by all he's accomplished at Microsoft, I'm sure Scott could successfully lead a team to solve his problem and bring a product to market. But he doesn't.

I (luckily) would not have use for such a product. If he doesn't care enough to tackle the problem, why should I?

Same goes for Obesity. Most of it could be controlled by changes in diet and behavior. If people affected can't be bothered, why should I care?

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I didn't know my friend @raganwald was writing this post but I thank him for his outrage.

That said, I've already put a product to market in the mid-90s. I wrote GlucoPilot, the first portable blood sugar management software for the original PalmPilot. I worked a lot in the diabetes and healthcare space. I'm tired though, and I did my part for now. Now I guess I'm just complaining.

As far as obesity, I agree that's totally unrelated to Type 1 diabetes and I share your opinion. Move more, eat less.

kogir hit the nail on the head. It's hard to convince someone to care about their health, and a good majority of people don't. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5089690

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