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  1. Martin

    Steve Jobs RIP

    As head of a religion he couldn't sell out to science like that could he. At least not right away.
  2. Martin

    Steve Jobs RIP

    Would you be prepared to put the issue as bluntly as: capitalism is the problem, what do we do about it? That's what many voices are saying. I haven't really formed my own opinion yet. But this suggests that the solution has to come from some kind of a global scale leftist movement. Which...
  3. Martin

    Steve Jobs RIP

    It goes without saying that if other companies were able to replicate the same cult mentality and the same fanboys they would do it without thinking twice. But that's like saying a one time killer is the same as a serial killer in kind, just less successful cause he got caught sooner. Doesn't...
  4. Martin

    Steve Jobs RIP

    It's a cynical view, though. We are saddled with a lot of cognitive and emotional baggage from our entire evolutionary history and we're susceptible to many things. To say that this is what people want is to make a susceptibility into a purpose. To take a dramatic example (and who doesn't like...
  5. Martin

    Steve Jobs RIP

    He did more than that. He made products and sold them in a way that made people feel good about themselves for having them.
  6. Martin

    Steve Jobs RIP

    I heard about the replacement yeah. But despite that keep your enemies closer philosophy I don't actually follow Apple much, just what I see in the headlines. They are a curious phenomenon, truly.
  7. Martin

    Steve Jobs RIP

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  8. Martin

    Steve Jobs RIP

    If you knew that, okay. Only thing I knew is after his cancer they seemed to try as hard as possible to declare him healthy again. When he resigned just a month or two ago I didn't know it was this bad.
  9. Martin

    Steve Jobs RIP

    Had no idea his health was this precarious. It's just like Apple to keep it locked up and then they suddenly announce it, just like their products. I can only imagine that Jobs orchestrated it as usual, what could be more important to him than his company. Pretty sick attitude. On the other...