Steve Jobs, renowned as one of the most influential and visionary leaders of this time, left an indelible mark on technology and innovation. His work at Apple Inc. redefined the landscape of consumer electronics, establishing him as a symbol of success and creativity. Yet, in his final days, as he b...
"I wanted my kids to know me," Jobs told Isaacson. "I wasn't always there for them, and I wanted them to know why and to understand what I did."
Bro chose his legacy over his kids and spent his last days cloying for validation of that decision
Acting like he's some fuckin' migrant worker forced to leave his family to get them what they need to survive smh
I think it is humanizing that he regretted being a total dickwad to the people he knew personally instead of bemoaning his absurd faith in homeopathy. Of course the only people who are able to judge that are his estranged children whom he ignored and disowned.
But I don't wanna miss out on the action, so I judge him unfavorably for being a capitalist, which dehumanizes the laboring classes, and I judge him unfavorably for being an asshole directly to people he didn't even personally know. Steve Jobs was not a good person and is undeserving of the hero worship he receives.
Also spending a shit-ton of money to put himself higher on the organ transplant list only to find out you don't cure cancer with organ transplants either
He also bought an extra house in a different state to jump the organ donation line and then took the donor organ down with him because of the stupid juice thing.
Steve Jobs had pancreatic cancer, which is among the deadliest cancers you can possibly get. However, it was caught exceptionally early and was an incredibly rare treatable pancreatic cancer. He had fantastic odds for any cancer diagnosis.
So he decided to not treat it medically and go on fruit juice purges instead, which is the exact diet that aggravates pancreatic cancer.
Steve Jobs, renowned as one of the most influential and visionary leaders of this time, left an indelible mark on technology and innovation
Yeah. He set a precedent for decades of other cults of personality where some rich narcissist acts and is treated like a god, and the "innovations" were primarily marketing and monetization triumphs with vertical integration characteristics to push out competition.
Also contributing to long and exhaustive legacy of billionaire cults of personality sure "work" in a way that's to the detriment of everyone who has to live under a worsening state of privatization, private surveillance, and a planet being burned down and choked with e-waste because indoctrinated members of the aforementioned cults of personality simply must have a new phone every year that is slightly thinner.
Pretty much, being able to "talk well" and having connections are the two main requirements for being in that job area and is why so many CEOs try to mystify the whole process when it's really just being a wealthier conman.
A CEO is an 'ideas guy' (who are dime a dozen and generally worthless) who has the pedigree and connections to make enough attempts to survive the entrepreneurial lottery and then assign that survivorship to their 'genius' when it could be (and generally is) any number of outside factors.
You don't even need to be that; you can buy a company started by people who had good ideas, declare yourself the founder and forbid the actual founders from referring to themselves as such.
Total asshole piece of shit who treated both his employees and friends like garbage. Routinely fucked over his own business partners. Good. I'm glad he suffered along every dimension of his existence before death.
Once had one of those saccharine HR types in the unemployment office go on about Steve Jobs to motivate me. Lady, I do not count this smelly, abusive, Silicone Valley cult leader as a role model. He was so full of himself that he thought he never had to shower and tried to cure his cancer with fruit juice. Who wants that as a role model.
Maybe his cult was what the mania around Mother Theresa was like for aging white ethnic Catholics in the 90s. But for HR types. All a facade of a great person because of a good press team but all rot behind the guilded icon.