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you are confusing coincidence with causation, there is no evidence that apples record sales numbers (which seem to be at an end anyhow) have much to do with mak
by throwaway2048 8y ago
you are confusing coincidence with causation, there is no evidence that apples record sales numbers (which seem to be at an end anyhow) have much to do with making things thinner to the point of fragility.
- coldtea 8y agoIt doesn't have to "do with it". It's enough that "it" didn't cause any backslash, and instead we've seen ever raised sales volumes...
- throwaway2048 8y agoso clearly being an asshole makes me steve jobs right, or at least it cant hurt! right?
- coldtea 8y agoYou seem confused. a) "clearly being an asshole makes me steve jobs right" I never claimed any causative chain of that sort. I said that thinner continued to sold in droves, not that making something thin necessarily will make it sold. b) "or at least it cant hurt! right?" That's closer to what I said, which is the continuously thinner products never hurt Apple's sales. And to answer your question, yes, obviously it can't hurt in someone becoming like Steve Jobs -- since it didn't hurt Steve Jobs himself. In fact, if anything, it could have been necessary to Jobs success, and goes with his obsession and attention to detail and crazy push to his employees.
- throwaway2048 8y agoOr you know, it actually held him back, but not enough to make him unsucessful?
- coldtea 8y agoNot really. It's somewhat established that there are more psychopaths as CEOs than in the general population, suggesting it's a good trait to help one "make it". https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/15/silicon-valley-psychopath-ceo-sxsw-panel https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/15/silicon-v...