In 50 years, Steve Jobs will be forgotten, Gladwell says
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Re: In 50 years, Steve Jobs will be forgotten, Gladwell says
#2Forgotten may be too harsh of a word. Less revered or idolized might be more like it. If SpaceX and Tesla continue on their path, Musk might join the likes of Carnegie and Gates.
Re: In 50 years, Steve Jobs will be forgotten, Gladwell says
#3To be remembered for 50 years is more than most people in the world could ever achieve. Including world leaders.
Re: In 50 years, Steve Jobs will be forgotten, Gladwell says
#4This is like 6 minute abs but in reverse for Gladwell. Outliers require 10000 hours, but if you want to outlive the pyramids, better start earlier than kindergarten.
Re: In 50 years, Steve Jobs will be forgotten, Gladwell says
#5If Jobs leads to a transformation of the corporate landscape, where more large companies stop paying so much attention to their share price and start paying much more attention to delighting their customers with great products, then Jobs will certainly be remembered as the instigator of this shift for the better.
Apple itself, with all its awesomeness, may only be worth a small footnote, though the "return of the Founder" is a powerful myth and that alone may lead to Jobs and Apple being studied in MBA courses for decades to come. However, the start of a wave of Apple-like companies (if it does start, which is by no means guaranteed) would probably earn Jobs a place in business history as one of the great influencers of his time.
Re: In 50 years, Steve Jobs will be forgotten, Gladwell says
#6Interesting - I was thinking about this just the other day. When you look at the wealthiest people of all time (of which Jobs is certainly not even close, nor is Gates) most of them aren't exactly household names. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wealthiest_historical_f.... Thomas Edison is kind of a parallel with Jobs, in that many of his 'inventions' weren't originally invented by him, but he was responsible for their commercialisation and refinement. 100 years on Edison is certainly well remembered, but Edison was a much more prolific inventor that Jobs was, and perhaps his inventions were more significant. Electricity > iPad/iPhone/Mac. Hopefully I'll still be around to see how this one plays out.
Re: In 50 years, Steve Jobs will be forgotten, Gladwell says
#7This is like 6 minute abs but in reverse for Gladwell. Outliers require 10000 hours, but if you want to outlive the pyramids, better start earlier than kindergarten.
Perhaps to be remembered 50 years after your death you have to be a meta-meta-meta outlier.
Re: In 50 years, Steve Jobs will be forgotten, Gladwell says
#8This is like 6 minute abs but in reverse for Gladwell. Outliers require 10000 hours, but if you want to outlive the pyramids, better start earlier than kindergarten.
Perhaps to be remembered 50 years after your death you have to be a meta-meta-meta outlier.
As a businessman, for sure. As an artist, the bar is a bit lower. You just have to be Great.
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#9Steve Jobs will most likely become the Edison of our times.
In every way.
Re: In 50 years, Steve Jobs will be forgotten, Gladwell says
#10How many years before we can forget Gladwell?