Nightline Interview with Steve Jobs (1981) [video]
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#2visionary
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#3"Are we becoming controlled by the computer..."
"...our computer weighs about 12 pounds, you can throw it out of the window if the relationship isn't going very well..."
And WOW, 6 minutes of discussion of privacy concerns with computers in 1981!
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#4Interview starts halfway through the video. The question of privacy is brought up, and Jobs says (paraphrased) "privacy concerns will be mitigated by a computer literate public".
As I watch this on my Macbook Pro while the NSA records the event, I can only say that Jobs was right in some ways.
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#5"Are we becoming controlled by the computer..." "...our computer weighs about 12 pounds, you can throw it out of the window if the relationship isn't going very well..." And WOW, 6 minutes of discussion of privacy concerns with computers in 1981!
Haven't watched the video just yet, but Jobs also once said:
"Man is the creator of change in this world. As such, he should be above systems and structures, and not subordinate to them."
I think it served as part of Apple's internal mission statement in the 80s or something.
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#6The Interview that starts at 5:50 seems to be the one where this pre-show clip is from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzDBiUemCSY
CNN dates that video to 1978 though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb9YTXmPolo
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#7Good documentary videos to understand the history of computer as a tool for humans.
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#8Just as fascinating as Steve Jobs’ comments are the prescient privacy concerns voiced by David Burnham. Incredible that over 35 years ago, the impact of computers on civil liberties was already in public discussion.
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#9What I find impressive is how confident Steve Jobs was in 1981 that soon everyone would have a computer -- just like in 2007, he was confident that everyone would soon have a smartphone. I wasn't around in 1981, but I know that in 2007 that wasn't a popular opinion. People talked about the "smartphone market" as if it would stay a fraction of the general phone market.
In retrospect, it's pretty obvious that computers/smartphones would take over the world.
What are the revolutionary things that are starting right now that will be obvious in retrospect?
Best I can think of is that electric cars will become ubiquitous in a couple of years, and they might partially drive themselves, but that's not really a big revolution.
People who tried VR seem to be pretty optimistic about it's future, but I don't see many uses except for games and maybe some specialised applications.
What am I not seeing?
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#10The interview is the less interesting part of the video, at least the Jobs part is "out there" and not really answering the questions.
Which Apple office was that? Bandley Drive maybe? http://www.cultofmac.com/128374/blast-from-the-past-floormap...