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Super Freak
RIP Steve...
yes he did...and more. lolzWalt Disney revolutionized children's entertainment.
yes he did...and more. lolzWalt Disney revolutionized children's entertainment.
Undoubtedly true - but he had nowhere near the positive universal social impact that Ford and Jobs had with their contributions to the way we live. Personally I think he took an axe to good, honest storytelling and corporatised and sanitised the heck out of it - I'm not a fan. I can easily imagine a world without Disney. It's harder to think about a world without affordable motorised individual transport, or sophisticated, accessible personal technology solutions. Put Disney in the same sentence as Spielberg, but I don't think he belongs in the same company as Ford and Jobs.
The storytelling in Disney movies during Walt's lifetime was epic, and a profound advancement in the telling of those classic fairy tales. I am a fan, and I think that art is just as integral to the enrichment of society as technology. More so, in many respects. Particularly in the way it conveys and preserves the values which animate that society. American art that was truly American is a dying breed, and its waning does not portend good things for the future Henry Fords and Steve Jobses.
Steve Jobs disagreed with you.
Angus Macrae
I'm of the opinion that the American psyche--particularly in the early decades of the 20th century--was the foundation of the greatest culture since Golden Age Athens. The European fairy tales were morbid reflections of a morbid society, and America was humanity's escape from that. It's not a coincidence that Disney's versions presented a universe infinitely more optimistic than the darkness of the Old World.
I think it can also be argued that Apple, Inc. is a direct descendant and beneficiary of that cultural optimism.
The more I think about Jobs' passing the more bummed I get. Even though he has been a pioneer and visionary for decades, it sort of felt like he was only just getting going, that he had plenty of ideas left in him. But of course we should be grateful for what he was able to achieve. IMO he did a lot more than simply repackage existing tech in a cool, hip way.
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