This is like the argument in the WSJ not long after Steve Jobs died, to the effect that he didn't need to make any charitable contributions because he made cool MP3 players'n'stuff.
It's true enough that Jobs invented great things, and I guess that's why Alfred Nobel gave money for the prizes: because he felt so bad about the uses dynamite was put to.
So what about Edison? Or |Enrico Fermi?| Gottlieb Daimler?
Steve Jobs kept doing what he did best- pushing tech to do stuff most of the techies hadn't thought of. Would have been interesting to see how things would have went if he was still around, but he always liked to make things. Also, he started Apple, lost it, and came back and I think was more driven because of that. He made his big money off of Pixar.
Bill Gates felt bad enough about his engulf and devour crappy company that he's switching gears to try to make the world better.
Nobel felt differently, and guilty, about dynamite.
Saw the most recent movie about Jobs and enjoyed it very much, particularly because it was pitiless in portraying him as a real asshole, particularly to his daughter. Not that I approve of that, or think geniuses should be allowed to be unkind to others. I just admired it as a piece of film-making, although it could have used more car chases and loud explosions.
Oh, yeah, the the movie that lasted about 2 weeks in the theaters? I wonder why. I have a friend who was one of the first 100 at Apple, an engineer, and said Jobs was a trip but didn't think he was a jerk. I never met Jobs. Saw him once pulling out in his Mercedes.
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This is like the argument in the WSJ not long after Steve Jobs died, to the effect that he didn't need to make any charitable contributions because he made cool MP3 players'n'stuff.
It's true enough that Jobs invented great things, and I guess that's why Alfred Nobel gave money for the prizes: because he felt so bad about the uses dynamite was put to.
So what about Edison? Or |Enrico Fermi?| Gottlieb Daimler?
Steve Jobs kept doing what he did best- pushing tech to do stuff most of the techies hadn't thought of. Would have been interesting to see how things would have went if he was still around, but he always liked to make things. Also, he started Apple, lost it, and came back and I think was more driven because of that. He made his big money off of Pixar.
Bill Gates felt bad enough about his engulf and devour crappy company that he's switching gears to try to make the world better.
Nobel felt differently, and guilty, about dynamite.
Saw the most recent movie about Jobs and enjoyed it very much, particularly because it was pitiless in portraying him as a real asshole, particularly to his daughter. Not that I approve of that, or think geniuses should be allowed to be unkind to others. I just admired it as a piece of film-making, although it could have used more car chases and loud explosions.
Oh, yeah, the the movie that lasted about 2 weeks in the theaters? I wonder why. I have a friend who was one of the first 100 at Apple, an engineer, and said Jobs was a trip but didn't think he was a jerk. I never met Jobs. Saw him once pulling out in his Mercedes.
Edison killed Topsy. Fuck that guy.
Edison fucked over Tesla. Fuck that guy.
Yep. He was not a nice person.
To whom much was conned little is expected. Or desired.