I really hope she does cash in. Even from Isaacson's biography, we get the strong indication that Jobs couldn't have been a bigger **** to her.
And his denial of paternity of Lisa was thoroughly disgusting.
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Steve Jobs' Former Girlfriend Chrisann Brennan Details His Early Life in Upcoming Book
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I really hope she does cash in. Even from Isaacson's biography, we get the strong indication that Jobs couldn't have been a bigger **** to her.
And his denial of paternity of Lisa was thoroughly disgusting.
Geniuses aren't typically erratic. Certainly not in the way jobs was. Jobs had significant skills, and was perhaps a genius, but there are and have been extraordinary geniuses who were also good human beings, flawed for sure, but still good people.
It always amazes me when people put Jobs on a pedestal making him out to be some how perfect in all respects. He was just a man who had a good eye for the next big thing and a lot of drive and charisma to get that thing done. Nothing more, he made as many mistakes and bad decisions in his life as anyone else and especially in his early years he seems to have been pretty selfish and self obsessed amongst other character floors which tend to appear when someone young suddenly gets a lot of money. So no real surprises.
Isaacson's biography wasn't rushed out. It was started quite early because Jobs _wanted_ a biography written; it is mostly based on interviews with Jobs which I assume all happened _before_ his death. So when Jobs died, the biography was finished.
Issacon's book has over 20 pages of notes documenting sources and citations.
I dont know if Brennans book will provide any citations or sources, but given the headline of the excerpt (Ex dishes on sex life with Steve Jobs) and the content, there really is no way for a reader to separate fact from fiction.
That makes Issacon's biographical work more legitimate to me.
It's good to have books like this to contribute to the non-worship/non-idolatry of the man. He very likely was a sociopath and/or a narcissist (both of which are traits that American capitalism rewards).
Genius is highly debatable. Did he have great ideas? Sure. More importantly for his success, he was an opportunist and he excelled at social engineering. He identified people with great ideas and placed them around himself strategically. He knew who he should suck up to, and who he could get away with abusing.
Did he accomplish some great things for the industry? Absolutely. Should we worship him and model ourselves after him? Absolutely not.
Emotional immaturity. Selfishness. Arrogance and demanding behavior. For this type of person, these behaviors don't stop when leaving the workplace. The way a person treats strangers and employees is a good measure of the way they value people overall. These kinds of people often have very ... questionable... personal lives, because they treat their personal relationships very much as they treat their business relationships; sometimes even worse (because they're familiar and not managed for public consumption). Being good at one often makes a person bad at the other.
This is not a man to idolize. He's a man to study and comprehend.
I did abandon one, when i was 17 i think.
A year later i inherited a very large sum of money. Very very large. (tens of M).
Gotta love karma!
I'm sure in his later years Steve had regrets for his earlier immaturity.
Is there anyone among us who could be put under intense personal and commercial scrutiny for most of our adult lives and still come out smelling like roses?
The man's dead... at a relatively young age by today's standards. What worse "karma" can there be? I don't believe in karma, but these comments are ridiculous. He did some awful things, but it's irrelevant now.
He could have achieved all that he did without being a complete sociopath, screwing people over left, right and centre. He wasn't a genius, he wasn't a nice guy, he had some smarts, some good timing, a lot of luck and a good marketing team.
I'll probably read this. I expect in the big picture this won't tell us any more than we already know about Steve Jobs' character. But some of the details could make for interesting reading.
Jobs wasn't a complete sociopath, he didn't screw people over left right and centre, there is no doubt he was a genius. The rest I agree with, except the implication that his success was based solely on a lot of luck and a good marketing team.
The thing with luck is that some people have a lot of luck because they make their luck. They always do things that improve their chances, and then luck strikes.
And all that said... It doesn't really matter. There are lots of really nice people and really awful people in the world, who have very limited reach so all their niceness and all their awfulness doesn't have very much effect in the world. There are very few people who have a huge effect in one direction - like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs or the forgotten Enron bosses in business, Gandhi or Pol Pot in politics. Steve Jobs positive effects on the world are just outstanding and unique. His negative effects are at best mediocre. There are millions of Americans who did worse things in their live than Steve Jobs, but nobody remembers their names.
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True. I think people end up vilifying him so vocally to counter these claims that he is this amazing person, a genius, the second coming etc etc. As for my reference to " lot of luck and a good marketing team" - I remember the 1G Ipod when it came out and the whole world went crazy. Here was a product that was using technology that had been around for years, not only that, there were superior products on the market using more advanced technology, but no one was interested, they all wanted an Ipod. Why? Well it was white and had a scrolly wheel thing
the thing sold millions and Jobs was declared a genius.I did abandon one, when i was 17 i think.
A year later i inherited a very large sum of money. Very very large. (tens of M).
Gotta love karma!
Karma can take it's time.
Maybe the questions can be answered by his parents
Not an good reason, but it can explain the mis-steps made.
Not an good reason, but it can explain the mis-steps made.
Sorry I wouldn't call this cashing-in (basically selling-out)! She knew Steve on a very personal and intimate level - she has a DAMN right to write and have her book published; and quite frankly you're pretty low to even think she's cashing in. Sure Isaacson's book may have prompted her to begin writing but that is simply inspiration or a nudge to reveal what still hasn't been revealed.
Cashing in are those *******s that purchase all the Gold iPhone 5S' and sell at a 50% markup because volume and store stock has reached 0! Cashing-in is taking your signed MBP/iMac/picture or signage from Jobs directly and selling it for an obscene dollar because he's now dead and had a supreme impact on an industry and many personal lives the world over.
This must be one of the most intelligent post I have seen on here for a long time.