the quality of your product and the marketing and hype that goes with it are two very different things.

people WANT to believe steve jobs was a genius. Apple profited by people thinking jobs was a genius. and this profit advanced the interests of the company. Jobs' image served an important purpose.

however,

yes, everthing is a collaboration. everything is a remix
and capitalism still favors the asshole.

Would you like some milk with your oatmeal?
>> ^LiquidDrift:

He IS a modern Edison.
Edison was an asshole, he rounded up animals and publicly electrocuted them to show that the competing alternating current that Tesla was promoting was dangerous compared to direct-current that he was promoting. Among other douchy things he did.

>> ^messenger:

Jobs was a businessman and a marketer. He wasn't all that good with computers, relatively. Steve Wozniak was the scientific genius, but had no interest in business or the limelight.


He's also scientifically obese. I love nerds but for the sake of your health take a walk or something.

Well, to be fair he was really exploiting the american consumer for big bucks. The chinese workers got paid the same if they were making iGadgets or xBoxes. It's the consumers that got raped.>> ^Yogi:

>> ^xxovercastxx:
dark comedy
Steve Jobs knew how to get the most out of people. He knew how to inspire people. He knew how to manage and utilize people for maximum benefit. He knew when to steal an idea and how to make it work. He was not an inventor; he was a cunning and ruthless business leader and people love and hate him for it.
Anyone who says Steve Jobs was "just" anything is a fool. You may hate what he did, but he was damn good at it.

Yep he sure knew how to exploit Chinese Workers for big bucks! Good for him!

>> ^xxovercastxx:

dark comedy
Steve Jobs knew how to get the most out of people. He knew how to inspire people. He knew how to manage and utilize people for maximum benefit. He knew when to steal an idea and how to make it work. He was not an inventor; he was a cunning and ruthless business leader and people love and hate him for it.
Anyone who says Steve Jobs was "just" anything is a fool. You may hate what he did, but he was damn good at it.

What is that supposed to mean exactly? When I hear that he was really good at what he did I'm not sure just what it is that I'm supposed to be getting from that statement, am I supposed to respect him for that? Charles Manson was really good at getting other people to commit murder for him, should he get my respect too? After hearing more about Edison I think that it's a pretty good comparison, they both hired a lot of smart people to work for them and then they both took all the credit for themselves, although it's probably partially our own fault as well, as a society we do love putting people on pedestals.

>> ^xxovercastxx:

dark comedy
Steve Jobs knew how to get the most out of people. He knew how to inspire people. He knew how to manage and utilize people for maximum benefit. He knew when to steal an idea and how to make it work. He was not an inventor; he was a cunning and ruthless business leader and people love and hate him for it.
Anyone who says Steve Jobs was "just" anything is a fool. You may hate what he did, but he was damn good at it.


Yep he sure knew how to exploit Chinese Workers for big bucks! Good for him!

What a shitty crowd. If thats the kinda waste of air that watches Conan I don't want to even bother with it. Worshipping fucking Steve Jobs. This is why when the Apple killing Chinese workers story came out, it was swept away faster than anything. You just know that Steve before he finally died was battering poor Chinese workers with iPads for fun, "Make it Heavier! I can't dent peoples skulls with this flimsy crap!"

*dark *comedy

Steve Jobs knew how to get the most out of people. He knew how to inspire people. He knew how to manage and utilize people for maximum benefit. He knew when to steal an idea and how to make it work. He was not an inventor; he was a cunning and ruthless business leader and people love and hate him for it.

Anyone who says Steve Jobs was "just" anything is a fool. You may hate what he did, but he was damn good at it.

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*doublepromote

Thank you x 2 for the doublepromote!

>> ^Sagemind:

Well, he's not all wrong...


But hes a romantic. If you could make billions by wearing sneakers and playing it cajsch wouldn't you give it a pop?

Steve Jobs the modern day Edison...!

P.S. I have an Iphone...

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I wonder if this has anything to do with Steve Jobs not being around anymore.

http://videosift.com/video/Embrace-The-Re-Mix-TED-Talk-Edinburgh
Skip to 4:45 for the patent part.

Also worth watching:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFeC25BM9E0

Also, saw this in another forum about the law suit:
https://plus.google.com/114476892281222708332/posts/246srfbqg6G

>> ^Auger8:

@dag @ant @pumkinandstorm @mintbbb Someone help me out here and promote this, due to it's relevance in the recent lawsuit. I'd flag it as quality(I only have one Power Point) but I don't think it works the same as a promote does. Thanks guys. Promote the Arrogant Hypocrisy!