Here’s To The Crazy One

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/07/steve-jobs-the-crazy-one/

by aaronbrethorst • 15 years ago

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hswolff• 15 years ago

I might argue that Jobs is the first truly transformative figure to die in an age of transformative technology. He’s someone that will be talked about a thousand years from now. And the fact that he was transformative in technology just compounds the reactions to his death right now.

This. A thousands times this.

MG touches on many true points as to why most people feel so sad about Steve's passing.

However I feel like there's a deeper reason that hasn't been properly elucidated.

Or perhaps I'm just far too emotionally confused at the moment to understand why I feel the way I do.

Yes Steve died too soon.

Yes his products affected everyone they touched.

And yes it's scary to think of a future that won't have Steve's direct influence.

Ultimately the passing of this powerful man elicits an emotional response equal to the one he had on you. This varies for everyone, but it exists for many.

RIP Steve. :(

vph• 15 years ago

Steve Jobs is a brilliant man, but please he won't be talked about a thousand years from now.

kloncks• 15 years ago

Do we not still talk about Aristotle or Plato? Euclid, Archimedes or Pythagoras? Hippocates or Eratosthenes?

lyonheart• 15 years ago

This is the best thing that has ever been written on techcrunch.

diolpah2• 15 years ago

While true, that doesn't really say much.

bprater• 15 years ago

Odd. No attribution to that really cool logo.

ryanhuff• 15 years ago

Scroll all the way down just before the Crunchbase section.

kayoone• 15 years ago

Steve Jobs was brilliant and his achievements wont be forgotten anytime soon, but some of this hype is really going a step to far and i say this as an Apple user.

He has done great things for the industrial world in bringing them luxury devices to solve luxury problems, but this is a really small part of the world. Most people dont have enough money to buy his products, like all his workers at the Foxconn factories for example. Its amazing how Apple was able to keep such a clean vest while still doing many not so nice things big corporations do these days, but as long as everyone has their nice toys noone seems to really care.

veemjeem• 15 years ago

Most great inventions/products start out being available to the wealthy before being cheap enough to be accessed by all. I'm sure you think of lightbulbs as commodity items now, but back when the first few lightbulbs were manufactured, only the wealthy could afford them. 50 years from now, smartphones are probably going to be so available you'll buy one from walgreens in their discount aisle.

philwelch• 15 years ago

The version of the "Think Different" ad with Steve's voice was surprisingly emotional to listen to. It's always an odd mix of comfort and sadness to hear a familiar voice that belongs to someone who's gone.

Here’s To The Crazy One

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