“While the reaction following Jobs’ resignation was powerful, the reaction to his passing has been nothing short of amazing,” MG Siegler writes for TechCrunch. “Former employees, colleagues, celebrities, adversaries — even the President of the United States paid tribute. But once again, the most fascinating group of people showing their support are the ones who did not know Steve Jobs. It’s the everyday people that simply used and loved his products.”
“This type of global unity tends to happen when a major celebrity passes away — think: Michael Jackson — because nearly everyone on the planet knows who they are. People always look for common bonds, and those are easy ones to establish. That’s because pop culture shoves them in our faces for years if not decades. And the type of fame they achieve goes hand-in-hand with celebrity,” Siegler writes. “But Steve Jobs was not a celebrity — at least not in the traditional sense. Sure, he was famous, but he did not seek fame. Nor did he need it.”
“People have been writing about their profound sadness over the loss even though they’ve never met Jobs,” Siegler writes. “And many of them have noted that they didn’t expect to feel this way. Thinking about it, I believe this is related to two things.”
Siegler writes, “First, Jobs died young. Even though his illness ravaged his body and made him appear far older than he actually was, Jobs was only 56 years old at the time of his passing. The average male life expectancy in the U.S. is just about 76. For the world overall, it’s 67. To be fair, those ages are calculated at birth, but Jobs was also a billionaire with access to any doctor in the world that he could have wanted. He was simply dealt a bad hand with cancer. And it robbed him of at least 20 years on this planet. But it didn’t just rob Jobs. It robbed us too. That’s why people who haven’t met the man care so deeply.”
Much more in the full article – highly recommended – here.
MacDailyNews Take: When we watch videos like the one below, not only do we reflect on the life of an amazing man, we also relive our working lives. We remember each event and product introduction as if it happened yesterday. We loved every single minute of it and we can’t wait to see what comes next!
Here’s to the crazy one:
[Attribution: Daring Fireball.]