Re:Two perspectives on a designer who Steve Jobs could not hire
by robbiep on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @09:47AM
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I didn’t intend to compare Churchill to Jobs or the others in terms of achievements, it was more a comment on criticism I have seen of him in the last year which nullifies all of his accomplishments on the basis of racist comments, which, however unpalatable they may seem today, appear to have ben unfortunately quite in keeping with many of his peers of the day. (I know there were other actions of his that have been criticised as well but let’s just keep it to one example at the moment). So, maybe bad comparison but my intent was illustrative only
Re:Two perspectives on a designer who Steve Jobs could not hire
by everdrive on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @11:27AM
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>I have seen of him in the last year which nullifies all of his accomplishments on the basis of racist comments
Ah, I have completely missed this particular controversy. I was been wondering if this was really a debate about cancel culture. In that sense, I hear you. I'm vehemently anti-cancel culture, and I don't particularly care if some prominent historical figure had the "wrong" views.
The main problem with Jobs is that he developed a cult following that (at least in my opinion) was never deserved. Gates never developed this, and has rightly been criticized for his practices at Microsoft, while still being praised for his charity work in later years. Musk arguably has a similar cult following, and to add to that, I know very little about him, so maybe of three you listed, Musk is the most fair comparison.