October 5, 2011

Steve Jobs (1955-2011): A Great Life, A Good Life, A Big Life

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'Fare forward, you who think that you are voyaging;
You are not those who saw the harbour
Receding, or those who will disembark.
Here between the hither and the farther shore
While time is withdrawn, consider the future
And the past with an equal mind.
At the moment which is not of action or inaction
You can receive this: "on whatever sphere of being
The mind of a man may be intent
At the time of death"—that is the one action
(And the time of death is every moment)
Which shall fructify in the lives of others:
And do not think of the fruit of action.
Fare forward.

O voyagers, O seamen,
You who came to port, and you whose bodies
Will suffer the trial and judgement of the sea,
Or whatever event, this is your real destination.'
So Krishna, as when he admonished Arjuna
On the field of battle.

Not fare well,
But fare forward, voyagers.

-- The Dry Salvages

Home page today at Boing Boing:

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Posted by Vanderleun at October 5, 2011 4:56 PM
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Posted by: David McKinnis at October 5, 2011 5:25 PM

Thanks.

Posted by: vanderleun at October 5, 2011 5:35 PM

A sad day.

Posted by: gedaliya at October 5, 2011 6:37 PM

Steve Jobs in 1985:

"We’re living in the wake of the petrochemical revolution of 100 years ago. The petrochemical revolution gave us free energy‐‑free mechanical energy, in this case. It changed the texture of society in most ways. This revolution, the information revolution, is a revolution of free energy as well, but of another kind: free intellectual energy. It’s very crude today, yet our Macintosh computer takes less power than a 100-watt light bulb to run and it can save you hours a day. What will it be able to do ten or 20 years from now, or 50 years from now? This revolution will dwarf the petrochemical revolution. We’re on the forefront."

Posted by: gedaliya at October 5, 2011 6:46 PM

This post makes so vivid a contrast with your previous, "Occupy Wall Street: A Manifesto".

http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/5minute_arguments/occupy_wall_street_a_mani.php

Forgive my html incompetence, please.

Posted by: Mike James at October 5, 2011 7:00 PM

Most of us dream about changing the world...Steve Jobs actually did.

From a small garage in Cupertino to altering the course of human development.

Sic Parvis Magna.

Godspeed, Steve Jobs.

Posted by: Mumblix Grumph at October 5, 2011 8:41 PM

Whatever...

Posted by: MarkH at October 5, 2011 10:01 PM

I'm much more upset by the news that Palin isn't running.

Posted by: rickl at October 5, 2011 10:40 PM

"What does it profit a man to gain the world, and lose his soul?"

Posted by: Casca at October 6, 2011 6:48 AM

This morning when I got to work, I had trouble starting my Mac Pro. It kept hanging at startup. It took about five tries. Very strange, since I hadn't been having any trouble with it.

I wondered whether Jobs had rigged a deadman switch somehow.

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