So long Steve ..

[Jay Vaughan]

> I've read quite a bit about Jobs, and I translated his first (unauthorized) biography about 12 years ago. I don't think Jobs was such a nice guy, and to be honest, I was sort of shocked when I read all the stuff he had done and said.


Sometimes you have to be an asshole to get good things done.  Thats what I've learned from many people, including Steve Jobs.  I don't think it excuses his tyrannical ranting and vitriolic bluster sessions in the slightest - but some of what was involved in that energy definitely resulted in good things getting done for us all.  If he hadn't pointed out the difference between a square button and a round one, the sublime group complacency for mediocrity would have been more of a norm than it is today.  Inject a little poison, make the body stronger, but don't kill it.

> He surely did leave the world a lot of good stuff. Interestingly, that good stuff can easily be turned against us...

Oh, absolutely.  Its up to the living to make sure the deeds of the dead are not forgotten, nor neglected, when the time comes for our kids to take over.


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Jay Vaughan