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I just listened to Apple's amazing co-founder and leader, Steve Jobs, in his recent commencement speech (at Stanford University, I believe...). His down-to-earth perspective on life and death was hearteningly serene and a calming outlook indeed. This was the forthright commentary of a true realist and atheist, from a man of unbelievable insight and inspiration, and of course, a man of significant accomplishment.
His relentless curiosity, inquisitiveness, scientist's perspective and ingenuity allowed him to transcend the limits that so many of us seem OK with burdening ourselves with, especially if we choose to depend on others for their perspective.
He noted that even those who know they are bound for heaven do not want to die. However, he chose, in his life, to "get on with it", to get up each morning and test his own perspectives and ideas. He was, in fact, strongly motivated by the imminence of his mortality, and he wanted to leave a legacy of inventiveness, entrepreneurial success and individualism.
I'am so glad he is not suffering any longer but dang. Thanks for the technology Steve, and you too Wozniak.
Of course Steve Jobs was adopted early in life, he was certainly a genius but I wanted to give thanks to his adoptive parents who allowed him to be himself starting in their garage.
Thanks to all of you (adoptive) parents who do not stifle the spirits of innovation.
I LOVE MY MACS!!!! I am a systems engineer and design Windows networks. I think it was precisely this work that turned me to the Mac. I hope Gates isn't montoring as I wouldn't want him to pull my certs in retribution.
RIP Steve Jobs. Thanks for making a computer we can count on!
Then again that particular group of people are not exactly known for intellectual honesty, consistency or.... well anything good at all.
Hilarious. Also worth considering that if not for Steve and Woz, the Internet would likely still just be the domain of nerdy engineering majors and the military, and practically nobody outside of Topeka would have ever even heard of WBC.
Come to think of it, that's maybe not the most rousing endorsement of the man...
I'm not a fan of Apple, the company, for I disagree with them on several levels.
However I recognize that the vision of Steve Jobs drastically changed what our technology is, encompassing both the good and the bad. I'm sure his technical skills are up there, more more important was his vision. He didn't have to be able to design and build an iPhone or iPad, he just had to have the vision, then tell the engineers to go make one.
Perhaps because he didn't feel the need to stifle his mind by talking to invisible friends it allow his vision to soar.
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