I also don't believe in tearing down people who have achieved great things in some effort to attribute their success to mostly luck.
Your other post is rife with the fallacy of special pleading by critically examining fortunate occurrences in his endeavors while making no mention of obstacles he overcame like surviving the internet bubble collapse, being fired, having to compete with Fiskar, and countless other things you nor I know anything about.
You could just as well say that I arrived at my office this morning through pure luck. After all, I didn't slip in the shower like many people do, I didn't get in a car accident as is statistically common, etc.
Also, I was at Apple before and after the return of Steve Jobs. The internal differences in the company when he returned were palpable and quantifiable. He certainly didn't do it alone, but it definitely wouldn't have happened without him.
critical aid provided by the much maligned and mocked US government
Well, when you're spending a quarter of the GDP of the largest economy in the world, some good stuff has to happen somewhere. Those of us maligning and mocking just aren't happy with the cost to the economy and our liberties for the meager gains.
I also don't believe in tearing down people who have achieved great things in some effort to attribute their success to mostly luck.
Your other post is rife with the fallacy of special pleading by critically examining fortunate occurrences in his endeavors while making no mention of obstacles he overcame like surviving the internet bubble collapse, being fired, having to compete with Fiskar, and countless other things you nor I know anything about.
You could just as well say that I arrived at my office this morning through pure luck. After all, I didn't slip in the shower like many people do, I didn't get in a car accident as is statistically common, etc.
Also, I was at Apple before and after the return of Steve Jobs. The internal differences in the company when he returned were palpable and quantifiable. He certainly didn't do it alone, but it definitely wouldn't have happened without him.
critical aid provided by the much maligned and mocked US government
Well, when you're spending a quarter of the GDP of the largest economy in the world, some good stuff has to happen somewhere. Those of us maligning and mocking just aren't happy with the cost to the economy and our liberties for the meager gains.