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Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them a…
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Me. Right this moment, I'm in my parents house, where our little startup has moved (temporarily!) to create our MVP. When I was a kid, my mother went back to college to finish the degree she'd abandoned when she got married. She decided to study computer science. This was my first exposure to boolean algebra, and made me want a computer. The Apple II was relatively new and visicalc was driving sales of it, and I want…
>> How did he spend the last 8 years of his life? Enjoying himself? No. He drove himself and Apple to build the next generation of the personal computer. Make no mistake: he loved every minute of it.
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And even having billions of dollars and access to any medicine and any doctor can't save you. Fuck cancer.
I've become convinced that cancer is among the elite series of diseases that are, in many cases, just how people die , meaning that perhaps in many instances the medical term for "dying" is "cancer". I think it is naive to ever think we'll have a general cure, especially since "cancer" covers such a broad range of specific issues. I understand that people die in other ways too, of course, but I think cancer is a comm…
Aging will probably get solved relatively soon, as will cancer, we just need the technology.
http://www.ted.com/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_ag...
"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking, and don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it, and like any great relationship it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking. Don't settle."
June 12th 2005 Stanford commencement speech
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And even having billions of dollars and access to any medicine and any doctor can't save you. Fuck cancer.
I've become convinced that cancer is among the elite series of diseases that are, in many cases, just how people die , meaning that perhaps in many instances the medical term for "dying" is "cancer". I think it is naive to ever think we'll have a general cure, especially since "cancer" covers such a broad range of specific issues. I understand that people die in other ways too, of course, but I think cancer is a comm…
Cancer also becomes naturally more likely as time goes on and DNA has become more damaged so as our lifespans increase, so do the odds of getting cancer.
What a remarkable career and life. You have inspired millions (billions?) and will truly be missed.
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them a…
I really shouldn't admit this but /cough circa 1997 I had abandoned Apple. I had a PC and Linux box at home and Unix terminal at school. I remember being impressed by this campaign and hopeful that Jobs would fix Apple. But I couldn't have imagined what Apple and Steve Jobs had in store for the world. What a remarkable recovery. Thanks Steve.