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This is a sweet story, but I just wanted to point out that this is pretty common for someone with terminal cancer. Jobs was a private, controlling man, for sure
by eob 15y ago
This is a sweet story, but I just wanted to point out that this is pretty common for someone with terminal cancer. Jobs was a private, controlling man, for sure, but I feel like this reporter is unfairly stretching the narrative to fit this caricature.
The endless stream of visitors to the house can be absolutely exhausting for a person who already only has enough energy to stay awake and active a few hours each day. A big part of the family's responsibility, and burden, is prioritizing and intercepting visitors.
I'm sure many of you here on this board have had the misfortune to experience this yourself, so you know what I'm talking about.
It's not a big deal; it was a good article. But for once, Jobs' behavior didn't stem from being some larger than life cartoon figure of a business-genius-prophet-dictator.. he was just really sick.