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Sure. But why does one coin have a person and the other have an invention? Why not inventions for both or people for both?

card_zero 1y ago
America invented the Steve Jobs, now ubiquitous around the world.
- microtherion 1y ago
  You could argue that Steve Jobs was a product of very Californian circumstances: Born to parents of very different cultural backgrounds, raised in a hotbed of electronics development (and new age spirituality), started a company in an area full of enthusiasts and venture capitalists…
  - Waterluvian 1y ago
    Maybe California should put him on their dollar coin then.
    - johnnyanmac 1y ago
      He is, in the link above. And the cray-1 is for Wisconsin. For completeness, mobike refrigeration is for Minnesota and Dr. Normal Bourlag is for Iowa
      - mrandish 1y ago
        > Dr. Normal Bourlag is for Iowa Bourlag's work directly saved millions of lives. Out of those mentioned so far, he's one that truly deserves more name recognition.
kingkawn 1y ago
bc theyre going for the aspect of the innovation that the most people in the relevant political constituencies will recognize. in some cases the inventor, in others the invention.
gk1 1y ago
Probably decided by committee and a subcommittee for each state. So you end up with inconsistent decisions between states.
bluGill 1y ago
Jobs did a lot of useful things, but he was not an inventor and so has nothing to show. He was really good at forcing people to perfect the inventions of others which is a useful thing. Cray-1 is an invention, and better known than the inventor. So it is the right decision for both. You can of course debate which is better and there are hundreds of other choices that could be put on either coin - both humans and inventions. I would probably pick different things (not people) for both - but this is a reflection of my biases and not some universal truth.
- skeeter2020 1y ago
  The intent here is to get people's attention, and an arguement over "which is best" is exactly the outcome desired. I won't step into it except to say regardless of the subject and reasoning, the design of the Jobs one is pretty dumb. It looks like the gave a prompt focused on hippy-spirtual-big-thinker to AI and said "design a coin".
- Aloha 1y ago
  Jobs was arguably the first product manager in personal computing - meaning he had a clear vision for the consumer and product and worked to carry that out.

card_zero 1y ago

America invented the Steve Jobs, now ubiquitous around the world.

microtherion 1y ago
You could argue that Steve Jobs was a product of very Californian circumstances: Born to parents of very different cultural backgrounds, raised in a hotbed of electronics development (and new age spirituality), started a company in an area full of enthusiasts and venture capitalists…
- Waterluvian 1y ago
  Maybe California should put him on their dollar coin then.
  - johnnyanmac 1y ago
    He is, in the link above. And the cray-1 is for Wisconsin. For completeness, mobike refrigeration is for Minnesota and Dr. Normal Bourlag is for Iowa
    - mrandish 1y ago
      > Dr. Normal Bourlag is for Iowa Bourlag's work directly saved millions of lives. Out of those mentioned so far, he's one that truly deserves more name recognition.

kingkawn 1y ago

bc theyre going for the aspect of the innovation that the most people in the relevant political constituencies will recognize. in some cases the inventor, in others the invention.

gk1 1y ago

Probably decided by committee and a subcommittee for each state. So you end up with inconsistent decisions between states.

bluGill 1y ago

Jobs did a lot of useful things, but he was not an inventor and so has nothing to show. He was really good at forcing people to perfect the inventions of others which is a useful thing. Cray-1 is an invention, and better known than the inventor. So it is the right decision for both. You can of course debate which is better and there are hundreds of other choices that could be put on either coin - both humans and inventions. I would probably pick different things (not people) for both - but this is a reflection of my biases and not some universal truth.

skeeter2020 1y ago
The intent here is to get people's attention, and an arguement over "which is best" is exactly the outcome desired. I won't step into it except to say regardless of the subject and reasoning, the design of the Jobs one is pretty dumb. It looks like the gave a prompt focused on hippy-spirtual-big-thinker to AI and said "design a coin".
Aloha 1y ago
Jobs was arguably the first product manager in personal computing - meaning he had a clear vision for the consumer and product and worked to carry that out.