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I don't think people are putting down Steve Jobs but its the unfairness of life that makes them mad really.
Definitely agree - but that is just a fact of life.I'm not claiming it was unnoticed - I'm just pointing out the obvious truth that it was noticed A LOT less.
I didn't clarify the 'one who has contributed' ... I was referring to Ritchie. He made a great impact on the underlying tools driving technology in the 70's and 80's and formed the basis for tools of the last couple of decades. He did so quietly and diligently.I'm not going to get into what it means to contribute to life with you, but I don't see how it belittles anything. Probably because I don't recognise the difference in "size" between individuals I don't know.
No - I was speaking (as you were) in generalities. This is a little comic on a forum ... if someone saw that as 'at all costs', they need to get out more.I agree, though I hope you're not implying the posting of the picture was part of an effort to "tear down at all costs".
Likely, it was an effort to demonstrate the problem with worshipping individuals, and as such I'm fine with it being "anti-worshipping" because that's exactly what I think is the most healthy approach for everyone in the world.
Definitely agree - but that is just a fact of life.
I didn't clarify the 'one who has contributed' … I was referring to Ritchie. He made a great impact on the underlying tools driving technology in the 70's and 80's and formed the basis for tools of the last couple of decades. He did so quietly and diligently.
Based on my understanding of him as a person (which is admittedly as one-dimensional as my knowledge of Steve Jobs), he wasn't the sort of person who would want to be used to push an agenda seeking to trash someone else who just died. THAT was what I meant by belittling - if your death is just a tool to trash someone else … that sucks.
Anti-worshipping is technically correct as you infer, but I was referring to the tendency that just as strongly as some people worship others, there is a crowd seeking to trash those same people. In technology, folks like Gates and Jobs attract that in particular as the so-called titans of technology of the last 35 years.
I don't think people are putting down Steve Jobs but its the unfairness of life that makes them mad really.
Might as well troll Mike a little more, i havent seen him this worked up in a while.
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