On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 8:07 PM, michael perelman <[email protected]> wrote: > I have never been a fan of Apple's business practice, but I have > played his Stanford commencement speech to classes as the end of the > semester for several years. I am not sure how much he is shading the > truth but it is very inspirational. >
I finally read the text of that famous speech and I am not sure what to make of it. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html It seems sincere and authentic, but I found the whole thing rather disturbing. Certainly didn't expect that Michael Perelman would find this a suitable parting message for his class. I mean, Jobs' message in that speech is so individualistic. Hardly a word about how so many other talented people at Apple, Pixar etc helped make those brilliant products. Not to mention those unnamed facroty workers toiling away at Foxconn. The guy sounds like an ideal Ayn Randian hero. This sort of philosophy may have worked for Jobs but I have to think that this is terrible advice for the vast majority of graduating students. -raghu. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
