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Without jobs, would it stilll happen?

• TheOtherHobbes 10y ago
  No. Apple was completely lost before Jobs returned. The hardware was a marketing mess, and the software was stuck in R&D hell with no prospect of escape. There were some interesting ideas, but execution and management were all over the place. I don't think Jobs is an example of survivor bias. I think Jobs was an extremely talented marketer with an unusual aesthetic sense. Sociopaths are more likely to kill their companies than make them grow. They love drama, abuse, and terror for their own sake. Jobs was more of a narcissist. He lacked empathy, but he wasn't constantly trying to destroy other people because he enjoyed it. It was more that he knew what he wanted - his own vision of himself as a guru of consumer technology, aesthetics, and creativity - and he didn't care what it cost to get it. Personal and business relationships were all disposable. The vision wasn't.