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Agreed...I do believe that working hard is great, but generally only if it is doing something you actually want to be doing.

I think that doing well in Math and Physics is quite different.

Doesn't it cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $100K to $200K for a non-US resident to move to the US to start a company?

Has Warren Buffett made any mistakes in his big investmests thus far?

I think a lot of entrepreneurs would consider it a failure to have to work for facebook or google for a living. It has very little to do with money.

Well that sounds really harsh. Can't you just try to do most of it yourself instead of paying someone $500/hr? I mean you are innocent until proven guilty.

Why does it cost you that much money for a judge to see your argument?!

Most people in this world are not hackers. Apple is not going to make a product just to cater to a tiny % of the people. Also there are Apps.

No one is forcing anyone to buy any phone. If you want to invent your own smart phone then you are free to do so.

Did you like working for him?

I believe there is a reason something succeeds and there is a reason something fails.

Actually, Apple was a start up. Start ups don't all have to share the same strategy.

I don't think that being free as the opposite of hard work.

No one really "creates" anything if one isn't allowed to build off of what already exists. We would literally be re-inventing the wheel right now if we weren't allowed to look at past inventions. Gladwell is one of those authors who appeal to the masses with his oversimplified pseudo-intellectual mumbo jumbo. I'd like to know what Gladwell has actually innovated in his life or how he changed the world.

Well viaweb would be one example of pandering that you seem to have just admitted.

The quote is taken from the biography. In that paragraph Jobs is not talking about whether or not he thinks people are shirking by selling. He is saying that real entrepreneurs make companies that last and have a "legacy".

I do find it surprising though that you tell people to do what they love but then in these comments you admit you didn't like doing viaweb. In your essay you wrote, "The test of whether people love what they do is whether they'd do it even if they weren't paid for it." And it seems that you only did that startup because you were going to get money, which I suspect is true for the vast majority of y-combinator start-ups.

Well you obviously weren't doing what you love with viaweb if your entire goal was to sell it to turn a profit so that you'd never have to deal with it again. And Steve's assertion is not about work ethic, it's about building a "real company". I don't think Steve would consider you to be a real entrepreneur. In his biography, it's stated several times how he doesn't want to make things just because people want them, which is directly against your beliefs in pandering to the masses.

Isn't the plunge in stocks due to the fact that the Kindle Fire has a very low profit margin? I don't think this article is correct with what the cause-and-effect is.

Was there really a time when people only lived to 18 years of age on average?

Agreed!

The main reason to learn new things is that it offers growth opportunities to having a fulfilled life. Sure, I can spend all my time specialized on one thing, but it wouldn't be as satisfying because a good life is about balance.

What are you planning on doing if you start a new venture?

Setting time limits also forces a faster pace. When there are no time limits, a person can keep filling up time with work subconsciously.

Can you show an article talking about how Steve Jobs would not be successful in East Asia?

Very true.

I didn't like how some doctor replied on that page talking like he's holier than thou. Not only did he not personally know to what extent Jobs was inflicted. He also thinks that he knows about all forms of therapy even though it's obvious he's only received training in hiw own discipline.

Boredom drives me. At most jobs I've had, I feel bored. Sometimes I also feel stressed, but I rarely feel interested. The other thing that drives me is ambition.

Certain things require more talent than others. It doesn't matter how hard you practice, you're not going to run faster than Usain Bolt.

The fact that she would rather make movies with Ashton Kutcher instead of spending time trying to solve the problems that plague mankind show what type of person she really is.

Facebook is popular. So what? Internet porn is also very popular and changed the way many people live their lives. People use Facebook primarily to upload pictures of themselves drunk at some party and leave trivial comments on their friends' pages. How exactly is this a worthwhile contribution to society?

Focus on what needs to get done.