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Steve Jobs

This book offers an in-depth look at the life of Steve Jobs, exploring his early years, his time at Apple, and his impact on the tech industry. It delves into his vision for product design, his management style, and the challenges he faced throughout his career. more

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Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson is a renowned American author and biographer. Known for his in-depth research and vivid storytelling, he has written biographies about historical figures such as Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, and Steve Jobs. His works not only detail the lives and achievements of these individuals but also delve into their inner worlds and thoughts. more

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“A nation orients itself by its own geniuses, and derives from them its ideas of its own ideals, but the guiding star serves also as a light to other nations. As speech has been created by a few great men, the most extraordinary wisdom lies concealed in it, a wisdom which reveals itself to a few ardent explorers but which is usually overlooked by the stupid professional philologists.”

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“It is certainly true that most men need some kind of a God. A few, and they are the men of genius, do not bow to an alien law. The rest try to justify their doings and misdoings, their thinking and existence (at least the menial side of it), to some one else, whether it be the personal God of the Jews, or a beloved, respected, and revered human being. It is only in this way that they can bring their lives under the social law. . . .”

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“The man of genius is he whose ego has acquired consciousness. He is enabled by it to distinguish the fact that others are different, to perceive the "ego" of other men, even when it is not pronounced enough for them to be conscious of it themselves. But it is only he who feels that every other man is also an ego, a monad, an individual centre of the universe, with specific manner of feeling and thinking and a distinct past, he alone is in a position to avoid making use of his neighbours as means to an end.”

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