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Jobs' politics are a bit of a conundrum, which I believe is how many politically minded people appreciated him. Academia - conservative in that he didn't see e
by webXL 15y ago
Jobs' politics are a bit of a conundrum, which I believe is how many politically minded people appreciated him.
Academia - conservative in that he didn't see enough value in his education to have his parent expend their savings. Perhaps conservative economic sense. Liberal in that his company's products were found throughout the academic world.
Environment/Human Rights - Apple caved into demands put on them by Greenpeace, and use minimal packaging in their products. They also depend on a very anti-green, anti-human-rights country to manufacture their products.
Corporate culture - Very laxed dress, Al Gore on his board, but ruthless pursuit of perfection and profit.
I don't know how one can come to any conclusion other than that Jobs' was apolitical. All he cared about publicly was delivering the best products to market. That's neither a conservative ideal nor a liberal one. It's the admirable and moral one.
Fuck politics. Be great! Humanity depends on it.
- yzhengyu 15y agoI think at the end of the day, what Jobs clearly did not care for was dogma. And in politics - be it left or right-wing - there remain plenty of dogmas, sacred cows and entrenched positions which he did not care for.
- pohl 15y agoI don't remember where I saw this, but Steve described dogma as "depending on the results of other people's thinking". I like how he phrased that.