On Jun 13, 2013, at 11:55 AM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > The universal adoration of Steve Jobs is a sociological phenomenon worth > thinking about in some detail. His appeal to the Ayn Rand set is obvious > enough, but even Occupy Wall Street protesters held candle-light vigils on > his death. Why? Clearly he represents the meritocratic ideal, the good > capitalist, the anti-thesis of the corrupt, crony-capitalists represented by > Goldman Sachs. But is there something more? Personal charisma? A compelling > story as a comeback-kid?
He came up with some pretty clever, attractive products. As the Onion headline said, "Last guy in America who knew what the fuck he was doing dies." _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
