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I am profoundly saddened by Steve's passing. I really feel like Steve Jobs is the single person everyone could point to and say that he had our best interests and inspiration in mind. He aimless handedly influenced the most important technical revolution since the industrial revolution. There are no equals in this regard. Steve Jobs methodology will be studied and storied in business, design, marketing, and computer science forever.
I believe he was as influential as any other inventor or genius in modern history. There aren't Edisons, Einsteins, or Jobs, that come around often, and we were all the beneficiaries of his unwavering dedication to the sythesis of technology and design.
Rest in Peace, Steve. There may not be a literal afterlife, but your influence on so many people is as close as any human can hope to achieve.