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It's hard to really envy anyone who doesn't have a solid relationship with their kids... No judgement, its impossibly difficult but it just seems like an incre

by pkdpic 4y ago

It's hard to really envy anyone who doesn't have a solid relationship with their kids... No judgement, its impossibly difficult but it just seems like an incredibly painful existence and it feels like that relationship might be the biggest opportunity to have a direct influence on the future most (some) of us get. But according to that punk'd biopic it seems like he got things on track near the end so hopefully it was all good. > Sent from my iPad

JumpCrisscross 4y ago
> hard to really envy anyone who doesn't have a solid relationship with their kids Why not tolerate a diversity of opinions on priorities? I'm personally better off for Jobs having a different preference matrix. My kids will be as well.
- c0nducktr 4y ago
  How is your relationship with your father?
  - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
    > How is your relationship with your father? Great. And yes, I'd resent him had he traded the weekends we spent making balsa-wood gliders, filming Star Trek home videos (paper maché + sugar against a black t-shirt + handycam) and taking desert hikes for face time in the office. But we are inarguably better off for Jobs--and countless others--having prioritised their professions over conventional needs. It simply seems a bit ruddy to footnote that sacrifice with scoffing.
    - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
      > we are inarguably better off for Jobs--and countless others--having prioritised their professions over conventional needs You don’t know the alternate reality where jobs did not do that. Perhaps another company would have done similar things or even something completely different than also improved our lives.
      - johndevor 4y ago
        It also ignores the Hitler-types and their negative influence on the world (Hitler was beaten brutally by his father IIRC).
        entropicdrifter 4y ago
        Likewise Stalin was beaten by both of his parents and even threw a knife at his father at the age of 6 to keep him from killing his mother.
        daniel-cussen 4y ago
        Stalin was therefore a sick fuck at the age of 6, so young, so young! EDIT: That's how a woman I know got her husband to stop beating her, was ready with the knives, said some Shrinktalk quotes (the book may come soon), and the guy...didn't...didn't...have that much of a beating for her in him any longer.
      - scarface74 4y ago
        What other company in 2007 was in the position to do the whole widget that Apple was? We know that Google was just interested in using Android to create a Blackberry clone and Microsoft wanted “Windows everywhere”. Palm was mismanaged its entire life and kept spinning off and re-acquiring the same assets.
gonehome 4y ago
Small Fry was written by his first daughter and I thought it was great, but sad. If you’re in Palo Alto it also talks a lot about the specific streets and stuff so that was fun.

by pkdpic 4y ago

JumpCrisscross 4y ago

> hard to really envy anyone who doesn't have a solid relationship with their kids Why not tolerate a diversity of opinions on priorities? I'm personally better off for Jobs having a different preference matrix. My kids will be as well.

c0nducktr 4y ago
How is your relationship with your father?
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  > How is your relationship with your father? Great. And yes, I'd resent him had he traded the weekends we spent making balsa-wood gliders, filming Star Trek home videos (paper maché + sugar against a black t-shirt + handycam) and taking desert hikes for face time in the office. But we are inarguably better off for Jobs--and countless others--having prioritised their professions over conventional needs. It simply seems a bit ruddy to footnote that sacrifice with scoffing.
  - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
    > we are inarguably better off for Jobs--and countless others--having prioritised their professions over conventional needs You don’t know the alternate reality where jobs did not do that. Perhaps another company would have done similar things or even something completely different than also improved our lives.
    - johndevor 4y ago
      It also ignores the Hitler-types and their negative influence on the world (Hitler was beaten brutally by his father IIRC).
      - entropicdrifter 4y ago
        Likewise Stalin was beaten by both of his parents and even threw a knife at his father at the age of 6 to keep him from killing his mother.
        daniel-cussen 4y ago
        Stalin was therefore a sick fuck at the age of 6, so young, so young! EDIT: That's how a woman I know got her husband to stop beating her, was ready with the knives, said some Shrinktalk quotes (the book may come soon), and the guy...didn't...didn't...have that much of a beating for her in him any longer.
    - scarface74 4y ago
      What other company in 2007 was in the position to do the whole widget that Apple was? We know that Google was just interested in using Android to create a Blackberry clone and Microsoft wanted “Windows everywhere”. Palm was mismanaged its entire life and kept spinning off and re-acquiring the same assets.

gonehome 4y ago

Small Fry was written by his first daughter and I thought it was great, but sad. If you’re in Palo Alto it also talks a lot about the specific streets and stuff so that was fun.