“It didn’t matter to me that Steve Jobs was a liberal. It disappointed me for his sake, but that is not who he was to me. Steve Jobs epitomized American exceptionalism. His life epitomized it. His philosophies epitomized American exceptionalism. The fact that he was a liberal, to me, was one of the greatest contradictions. But that is of no matter and no concern now. This past Tuesday they introduced the iPhone 4S, and I told you that on Monday I felt like it was Christmas Eve — and it was for me — and at age 60 I was able to feel like I did as a kid on Christmas Eve when I was eight or nine. There hasn’t been, in the last ten years, an Apple product that has not created wonderment in me, that has not exceeded my expectations. Using Apple products is genuine fun for me; and at the same time, they have increased my productivity. I know I’m making this sound like it’s a lot about me but it’s the best way to explain all this to you. What Jobs did literally changed the way human beings receive-transmit-enjoy all media. One guy did this. He had a lot of great people around him, but one guy did it. One guy’s vision. To me, it’s mind-boggling.I’m sad that he’s dead.”
Me too. I think eventually he took care of his daughter because she is a Harvard grad. Not saying what he did was not reprehensible. I guess it is the same as the people who love Clinton or Kennedy; those people intellectually set aside their dalliances and look at the good they did. I am not expecting you to do that svelte and I respect your post about his cowardice when it came to his illegitimate child, just adding some information to complete the picture of a flawed person who did contribute to our world.
