Steve Jobs has passed away.

Post by danssig » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 5:15 PM UTC

gnosis wrote: post #92

ilamont wrote: post #25

"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me ... Going to bed at night, saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me." - Inscription on Steve Jobs' star at the Entrepreneur Walk of Fame in Cambridge, Mass., unveiled on 9/16/2011: http://instagr.am/p/NPa4o/

Would have been much more impressive if he'd proven that being rich while alive didn't matter to him. Honestly, how many people care about how much is in their bank account after they die ? Probably not very many. Plenty chase riches while they're alive, however. And good old Steve was no exception.

Post by danssig » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 5:23 PM UTC

hugh3 wrote: post #172

orangecat wrote: post #162

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Death is not good; it is very bad. If given the opportunity to live "forever" (and not age), you'd take it. In a world without death, nobody would think introducing it was a good idea. But because we currently can't do anything about it, we try to tell ourselves it's a good thing.

Yeah, but without death the whole world would be filled to the brim with protobacteria, and none of us complex life forms would ever have had room to exist.

Post by beaker » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 5:53 PM UTC

Post by zasz » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 7:10 PM UTC

wtallis wrote: post #174

orangecat wrote: post #162

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Death is not good; it is very bad. If given the opportunity to live "forever" (and not age), you'd take it. In a world without death, nobody would think introducing it was a good idea. But because we currently can't do anything about it, we try to tell ourselves it's a good thing.

That's only cognitive dissonance if you're hopelessly egocentric. Death is obviously bad for you as an individual, but is crucial to the long-term survival on a species. Without death, you can't have evolution or adaptability. The only thing wrong here are the people responding with the fallacy of composition.

Post by equalarrow » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 7:21 PM UTC

mturmon wrote: post #272

rquantz wrote: post #258

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>> 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.

I believe it was in his commencement address that he said something to the effect of, there will be days when you look in the mirror and have to say, I don't want to work today. But you do anyway. But if there are enough of these days in a row, you know you need to make a change.