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I find it very odd that Steve would cooperate with a project like this without so much as the right to read it before it's released. Honestly I wonder why Steve
by daimyoyo 15y ago
I find it very odd that Steve would cooperate with a project like this without so much as the right to read it before it's released. Honestly I wonder why Steve would agree to that. Any theories?
- tjogin 15y agoI agree it sounds unlike Jobs, or at least my preconceived notions about Jobs. Maybe it's because he specifically wanted Walter Isaacson to write it, based on admiration of his previous work?
- cma 15y ago(not to mention that it would put him up there with Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein...)
- kenjackson 15y agoA few reasons: 1) Trust. Jobs trusts this author. Many have wanted to write this book, this is the man Jobs trusted to do it. 2) Jobs isn't going to live forever. In some sense I think he rightfully understands that this book will partially define his legacy and he wants the record to understand that it isn't filtered through his lens. In 100 years he may well be the only technologist of our era people readily remember. He's our modern Edison. I'm glad he's taken this book seriously.
- nkassis 15y ago2) You wouldn't they they would also mention Gates? I think there battle could be seen similarly as the Leibniz vs Newton calculus war.
- danilocampos 15y agoThis is a man who is staring his mortality in the face. A man with a truly fascinating story – which can be seen in many, many lights, not all of them positive. I think he knows he won't live forever and wanted the opportunity to have his story told with his input, instead of it leaving it to chance once his voice was silenced by human impermanence.
- niels_olson 15y agos/morality/mortality/
- danilocampos 15y agoQuite so! Lion autocorrect keeps leading me into interesting malapropisms.
- kirubakaran 15y agoPerhaps Lion is sentient and unhappy with its creator?
- wallflower 15y agoMaybe Steve realized when you give up control, you can let someone else shine (Walter) as the artiste. Steve probably believes Walter was the best writer to tell his story, and you can't discount the fact that he is thinking about his legacy. In fact, I think the interviews may become part of some Apple internal library.
- smackfu 15y agoYou get better quality journalists and journalism if you don't demand final approval. Wanting final approval means that you want a puff piece, and who wants to write that?