So it's right there in 1985 (emphasis mine): "Jobs: That’s inevitably what happens. That’s why I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges

So it's right there in 1985 (emphasis mine): "Jobs: That’s inevitably what happens. That’s why I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges the system of these old models that are obsolete." (He was speaking about the computer hardware). 20 years later "2005 Stanford Commencement Address": https://singjupost.com/steve-jobs-2005-stanford-commencement-address-full-transcript/?singlepage=1 https://singjupost.com/steve-jobs-2005-stanford-commencement... "About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. (...) Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept: No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." There is also a coda: in 2010, at D8 conference (Jobs died 2011), Jobs got a question: "Q: A few years ago you gave a preparation speech at Stanford (...) Now few years later and a couple of years wiser would you add anything to that speech?" "Jobs: Oh, I have no idea. Probably I would have just turned out the volume on it because the last few years have reminded me that life is fragile." (Or was it "turn up"? Do we hear what we want to hear there? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5f8bqYYwps&t=4400 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5f8bqYYwps&t=4400 )