The fact that his band members were still loyal to him also parallels Steve Jobs: even though their character is often described as unpleasant, these people sti

The fact that his band members were still loyal to him also parallels Steve Jobs: even though their character is often described as unpleasant, these people still retained their allies. Also see this econtalk episode: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/06/jonah_lehrer_on.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/06/jonah_lehrer_on.htm... > And I thought about the following. Jobs and Dylan had something in common, which is they blurted out often cruel things to people around them, which we often call--as adults we call it selfish. [...] > [Jonah Lehrer]: It all comes back. No, no, it's a fascinating question. What really interests me about that is, especially in terms of Steve Jobs, because I think we've got this epic biography of him at this point, is the way it complicates our traditional notions of self-control. I think we often think of self-control as domain-general : If you've got self-control, you can exert self-control in every facet of your life.