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"I think one of the things that really separates us from the high primates is that we’re tool builders. I read a study that measured the efficiency of locomotio
by s_q_b 12y ago
"I think one of the things that really separates us from the high primates is that we’re tool builders. I read a study that measured the efficiency of locomotion for various species on the planet. The condor used the least energy to move a kilometer.
And, humans came in with a rather unimpressive showing, about a third of the way down the list. It was not too proud a showing for the crown of creation. So, that didn’t look so good.
But, then somebody at Scientific American had the insight to test the efficiency of locomotion for a man on a bicycle. And, a man on a bicycle, a human on a bicycle, blew the condor away, completely off the top of the charts.
And that’s what a computer is to me. What a computer is to me is it’s the most remarkable tool that we’ve ever come up with, and it’s the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.”
~ Steve Jobs
- txu 12y agoFirst thing came to my mind as well, hasn't Steve Jobs already said the same thing in 1990? It's too obvious in today's world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmuP8gsgWb8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmuP8gsgWb8
- mariodiana 12y ago1980. http://fortune.com/2011/12/14/video-steve-jobs-in-1980-on-pcs-as-bicycles-for-the-mind/ http://fortune.com/2011/12/14/video-steve-jobs-in-1980-on-pc... I'll go further and point out that his is the better saying, since it captures the concept in one simple and universal, non-technical image. That's how you talk to people -- bicycles, not amplifiers. (Though a guitarist might like the amplifiers image.)