Steve Jobs

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• Jobs was an exceptional technology visionary38%

  Supporters credit Steve Jobs with combining creativity, design, taste, focus, and business judgment to transform technology and influence how people use and understand it. They describe his work and legacy as worthy of admiration, remembrance, and continued study.

  • “Steve Jobs put the “i in Innovation. Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) One of the best biographies I’ve ever read. @WalterIsaacson”

    @mhenderson33 · Oct 5

  • “Steve Jobs died on October 5, 2011. He changed the world through extraordinary creativity, taste, and an obsession with making technology beautiful. But is someone with that level of talent guaranteed to have that kind of impact? Very unlikely. Talent alone isn’t enough. You”

    @_ak_sh_ · Oct 5

  • “15 years ago today we lost one of the greatest tech visionaries of all time. Steve Jobs 😢 It’s crazy to think about what he might have created if he were still here ✅ One thing I really wish we could have seen is Steve Jobs and @elonmusk working together on something 💯 Two”

    @DougieFreshPick · Oct 5

• Jobs’s principles inspire purposeful action22%

  These posts treat Jobs’s ideas about initiative, persistence, authenticity, meaningful work, limited time, and making an impact as useful guidance for living and working. Some recommend applying those lessons personally or preserving them for Apple’s future.

  • “Steve Jobs died 15 years ago. It's incredible how many founders have modeled themselves off Steve Jobs' example, and yet so few have managed to be as authentically themselves. Steve was unapologetically Steve. Be more like yourself is the lesson. Maybe I'll go buy a new”

    @johnson_brad · Oct 5

  • “"What you follow with your heart will indeed come back and make your life richer". - Steve Jobs Here's Steve Jobs with his favorite Beatles song Strawberry fields forever. Make something wonderful”

    @Chancellorpen · Oct 5

  • “I wish John Ternus all the best as CEO, but I hope he doesn't forget Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder: “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward.””

    @Appledataos · Sep 30

• Jobs should not be imitated as a persona6%

  Critics of imitation argue that Jobs’s effectiveness came from being authentically himself, so copying his manner, aura, or public style misses the lesson. They also object to repeatedly invoking him as a model for every situation.

  • “I’m ashamed to watch so many CEOs seek the aura and presence of Steve Jobs. None of them have it, because Steve Jobs wasn’t trying to be Steve Jobs. They all want to be Steve Jobs and therefore can’t be Steve. You can feeel it.”

    @mind_worm_ · Oct 2

  • “steve jobs would’ve this steve jobs would’ve that man just move on”

    @smeeetwt · Oct 2

• Jobs deserves rejection and condemnation6%

  These posts reject Jobs rather than celebrating his legacy or using him as a model. The position is expressed as outright condemnation, without a detailed reason in the available text.

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• Jobs’s achievements coexist with serious flaws4%

  This view holds that Jobs could be extraordinarily talented and influential while also being seriously problematic. His accomplishments do not require treating his personal conduct as beyond criticism.

  • “I read Steve jobs by Walter Isaacson this year, Jobs was an insanely genius individual. Problematic as hell, genius as hell too. I have a theory that he was probably the least problematic billionaire though. I do think the current scope of tech would be 50% better if he was still”

    @dvirtualshivam · Oct 6

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