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The thing I don't quite get about Wozniak is this. By all accounts, he was a technical genius/prodigy. Early Apple would never have flourished without his Hercu
by Tycho 11y ago
The thing I don't quite get about Wozniak is this. By all accounts, he was a technical genius/prodigy. Early Apple would never have flourished without his Herculean efforts, regardless of Steve Jobs' business savvy. But while people may debate whether Steve Jobs was really a genius in any sense of the word, there is no doubt that 70s/80s Apple was only the first act in an astonishing career. The later successes were no less impressive. Whatever Jobs had going for him in the beginning, he still had it at the end.
After early Apple, what did Wozniak do with his talents?
I don't want to sound uncharitable. I know Wozniak suffered head injuries in a plane crash, which maybe made it impossible for him to function at his previous levels of technical wizardry. I know not all accomplishments garner headlines. And regardless of what happened after, starting Apple is still an incredible achievement. But I'm curious if anyone has answers to this question. I feel like it could tell us something interesting about the world.
- tyingq 11y agoHe founded the EFF, and spends a fair amount of time on charitable efforts. He does have a day job (http://primarydata.com/ http://primarydata.com/), but it doesn't appear to define him. Basically, he just seems like someone who doesn't define success in the same way that Jobs would.
- Tycho 11y agoWell his talent was completely different in nature from Jobs' talent, but it still yielded some world changing technology. Maybe the answer is that his sort of talent is not as rare as you'd think, or easier to replace with teams of less talented individuals.