11-15-2011, 06:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-15-2011, 06:28 PM by UnifyingFactor.)
I was never really on the Apple bandwagon because I always appreciated an open system rather than a pretty looking closed system. I beleive in sharing, ala LOO. I've noticed many apple fans had an elitist mindset.
After reading Jobs' biography I can say he seemed like a very confused entity. He was quite damaged and insecure. He pursued zen and was against materialism, yet he was obsessed with making pretty material gadgets. He was extremely manipulative and ruthless. He became successful by stealing many ideas from others and then became outrageously angry and vengeful when he felt others stole from him. As his quote "Good artists copy, great artists steal" he took credit for all the great ideas from the talented people that worked for him.
Even though he followed Zen he was never able to achieve inner peace. He was obsessed with fasts and weird diets as a control factor over his body. He'd been fighting different forms of cancer for almost 10 years most likely as severe catalyst but he just didn't seem to get it.
All in all he was fairly STS, but bless him for he was/is a manifestation of the infinite creator.
His gadgets while nice looking and pleasant to use, have not really added anything to polarization or spirituality. All this technology just distracts us and keeps people asleep. Even though I can say my life has been blessed by the internet which I was able to access on a 486 back in 1995. No iAnything required.
I think humanity would have been better off spiritualy if we still lived on farms and small towns ala 150 years ago. Although this is all just my opinion and mine alone
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After reading Jobs' biography I can say he seemed like a very confused entity. He was quite damaged and insecure. He pursued zen and was against materialism, yet he was obsessed with making pretty material gadgets. He was extremely manipulative and ruthless. He became successful by stealing many ideas from others and then became outrageously angry and vengeful when he felt others stole from him. As his quote "Good artists copy, great artists steal" he took credit for all the great ideas from the talented people that worked for him.
Even though he followed Zen he was never able to achieve inner peace. He was obsessed with fasts and weird diets as a control factor over his body. He'd been fighting different forms of cancer for almost 10 years most likely as severe catalyst but he just didn't seem to get it.
All in all he was fairly STS, but bless him for he was/is a manifestation of the infinite creator.
His gadgets while nice looking and pleasant to use, have not really added anything to polarization or spirituality. All this technology just distracts us and keeps people asleep. Even though I can say my life has been blessed by the internet which I was able to access on a 486 back in 1995. No iAnything required.
I think humanity would have been better off spiritualy if we still lived on farms and small towns ala 150 years ago. Although this is all just my opinion and mine alone
+ :idea:
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