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Ok, this is not a well argument. Let's say you are CEO of Twitter, which in your terms is totally should be considered as a distraction. You are living your lif

by alpb 14y ago

Ok, this is not a well argument. Let's say you are CEO of Twitter, which in your terms is totally should be considered as a distraction. You are living your life with less items and in a less-cluttered way to focus on more important stuff. Then you create Twitter for a purpose. It could be making tons of money, it could be changing people's lives by providing them an advanced communication tool (and look around the world how Twitter can be used, how it changes the countries and governments). It also makes a distraction for most of the people. I used to read tweets during the classes, I still spend hell a lot of time in Twitter, but this is not an valid argument to accuse CEO of Twitter with being not minimalist. It has nothing to do with that. Steve Jobs took the "smart"phone idea a little bit further, of course he made rooms full of money, but he also changed the way we reach the knowledge and we connect each other, which are human needs.

ekianjo 14y ago
Can we please stop pretending that Steve Job invented anything and had God-like powers? He did not change the way we "connect to each other" nor "how we reach knowledge". He did not invent the web or wikipedia as far as I know, nor did he invent portable computers with network connections. You can probably do better than that. Now, coming back on your point, Steve Jobs was certainly not a Minimalist himself. He (partially) OWNED a huge company, and he was totally OWNED by his company, by the definition of the book of minimalism itself. Until the end of his life he spent most of his days working for Apple -> which is not a good example of someone detached from earthly possessions. Plus, he was passionate about the products he created, therefore he certainly used them a lot and was "owned" by them as well. That's why, putting Steve Jobs in a "Buddhic" kind of stature is ridiculous. If you want to find examples of people who live Minimalism, there are much better ones out there.
- fudged71 14y ago
  Man, you should see his Yacht!

by alpb 14y ago

ekianjo 14y ago

Can we please stop pretending that Steve Job invented anything and had God-like powers? He did not change the way we "connect to each other" nor "how we reach knowledge". He did not invent the web or wikipedia as far as I know, nor did he invent portable computers with network connections. You can probably do better than that. Now, coming back on your point, Steve Jobs was certainly not a Minimalist himself. He (partially) OWNED a huge company, and he was totally OWNED by his company, by the definition of the book of minimalism itself. Until the end of his life he spent most of his days working for Apple -> which is not a good example of someone detached from earthly possessions. Plus, he was passionate about the products he created, therefore he certainly used them a lot and was "owned" by them as well. That's why, putting Steve Jobs in a "Buddhic" kind of stature is ridiculous. If you want to find examples of people who live Minimalism, there are much better ones out there.

fudged71 14y ago
Man, you should see his Yacht!