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Steve wanted to become chairman of the board and teach at Stanford. Given how much he trusted Tim, I’m not so sure the company would have taken a dramatically d
by gyomu 11mo ago
Steve wanted to become chairman of the board and teach at Stanford. Given how much he trusted Tim, I’m not so sure the company would have taken a dramatically different path had he been around longer.
- ludwik 11mo agoBut this sounds like an ideal setup, doesn't it? Tim is fantastic at execution, but he does need a shot of big-picture vision every now and then. Tim as CEO with Steve as Chairman, steering the broader direction, feels like it could have been a perfect pairing. The issue with how things actually turned out is that Tim ended up on his own - all execution, no vision.
- gyomu 11mo agoHow many people can name the chairman of the board at Apple today off the top of their head (Arthur Levinson)? And how much does Arthur Levinson steer the broader direction of the company? That's just not what the role is about. Steve was so effective precisely because he was able to get deeply involved in the day to day details in ways no other CEO has (whether on product matters, or personnel matters). That's not what you do as chairman of the board.
- majormajor 11mo ago> How many people can name the chairman of the board at Apple today off the top of their head (Arthur Levinson)? And how much does Arthur Levinson steer the broader direction of the company? That's just not what the role is about. Jobs in that role would likely take a much more occasionally-active role w.r.t. future product direction since that was kind of his bread-and-butter and the company was his long-time passion project. Not because that's the regular purpose of that role, but because that's what he'd probably want to keep doing.
- isleyaardvark 11mo agoSteve Jobs would not have been defined by or limited by his title.
- blackqueeriroh 11mo agoSteve Jobs was a dick and a monster and his product vision did not make him a good person or better for Apple over the long run.
- welks 11mo agoIf he hadn't tried to self-treat his cancer with acupuncture, fruit juice and herbs, he'd probably be around now to do that. The man was clearly a lucky idiot, and shouldn't be revered, but used as a cautionary tale of unbridled arrogance.
- steve-atx-7600 11mo agoA person should be judged by a stupid decision they made? I hope you never did anything that wasn't rational.
- stickfigure 11mo agoStupid decisions that result in fatalities deserve extra judgement.
- rootusrootus 11mo agoEspecially when it comes to life threatening illnesses like cancer. I've seen more than one entirely normal, rational person start grasping at off the wall solutions when faced with the imminent end of their life.
- usui 11mo agoMaybe watch this lecture by a medical professional https://youtu.be/81xnvgOlHaY https://youtu.be/81xnvgOlHaY before repeating a commonly-believed myth.
- pgalvin 11mo agoThat lecture is by a doctor who had widely discredited views on cancer, often cited as an example of quack, pseudoscientific claims on the topic. His claims, specifically on cancer, were widely and roundly rejected by the scientific and medical community. This is not a controversial statement, either - his supporters proudly proclaim that his views are rejected by the vast majority of experts which, in my opinion, pretty much sums it up. I highly recommend people avoid falling into this dangerous rabbit hole.
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- freediver 11mo ago> Steve wanted to become chairman of the board and teach at Stanford. Do you have a source for this?
- gyomu 11mo agoI've heard it from Laurene on several occasions, she alludes to it in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdvzYtgmIjs&t=2825s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdvzYtgmIjs&t=2825s (in case the link goes down: Tim Cook, Sir Jony Ive KBE, and Laurene Powell Jobs, Code 2022 Interview with Kara Swisher)
- freediver 11mo agoWonderful, thanks so much for taking time to link to this.