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Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,... by rw2 on Friday August 15, 2025 @04:46AM (#44910008)
Disagree, almost of all the accomplishments in humanity are driven by people like Steve Jobs not Woz. Elon Musk could be said to be a second iteration, a technical person extremely good at sales that can pursue and sell a vision.

There are a lot of people who want to be happy. Let them be happy, but it's the relentless builders/dreamers who pushes through the entire journey of getting a product out there to the people.

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Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,... by tim333 on Friday August 15, 2025 @05:56AM (#44910425)
For each Jobs/Musk having the grand vision you probably need a lot of Wozs to actually build the things.
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Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,... by maxehmookau on Friday August 15, 2025 @04:50AM (#44910037)
Define "accomplishments". Based on Woz's message, I would say he's been the true achiever in the game of life. He found, what he genuinely believes, is happiness.

Personally, I'd take that over being the creator of something valuable.

If Elon Musk is being held up as a pinnacle of achievement, I don't want that.

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