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If I could ask him one question I would really like to know how he sees his life's work from the perspective of his inspirations from the 60s. In some respects
by cageface 15y ago
If I could ask him one question I would really like to know how he sees his life's work from the perspective of his inspirations from the 60s. In some respects what he's done seems very much in keeping with those ideals (fostering creativity and an appreciation for beauty) and in others totally antithetical (creating walled gardens, using the legal system as a cudgel). It goes to the heart of my own ambivalence about Apple. I like their products but I'm finding it hard to like the company lately.
- rblion 15y agoI would ask the same question! It embodies it in many ways but it contradicts it too. It's an odd feeling. Steve's reality-distortion field is that powerful! Do you think the company will change after Steve is no longer on Earth? I don't wish him or anyone death, but he is looking thinner and frailer every year. I'm sure his competitors are smiling though.
- darkandbrooding 15y agoAfter one-or-another of Dick Cheney's heart attacks, the news media spent some time quoting research about the way that life-threatening illnesses can change one's personality; how (of course) people react differently to such crises, but also how driven, egocentric men tend to refine and focus their priorities, and even to jettison qualms that they might have previously carried. It's not surprising to me that an ambitious man like Jobs, who (arguably) failed with Apple the first time around, then failed with NeXT, then became seriously ill while leading a resurgent Apple, might decide that the touchy-feely bits of his youthful worldview are less important than a more tangible legacy. I'm not saying it's the correct choice, or laudable, but it is understandable.