Steve Jobs and Anti-Authoritarianism
As most of you know, Steve Jobs was an anti-authoritarian. He was widely praised by the press for questioning the pastor at 13 when he saw starving children on the cover of Life magazine. Because the pastor could not give a satisfactory answer, the brilliant child rejected what he had been taught, Christianity. He did not follow the norm, and dropped out of college after only one semester. He rejected the convention of meals, and became a vegetarian. (He also rejected the norm of bathing and he stank so bad that he was forced to work at nights, but that is another story.) He rejected the norms of society and fathered a daughter out of wedlock. This anti-authoritarian was one to go head-to-head against Microsoft,
But was Steve Jobs really that anti-authoritarian? Not really if one looks at how he ran his own company. He wanted those who worked for him to give him 100% of their life. For example, he was known to call up even his suppliers in the middle of the night (3 A.M.) and asked them detailed questions about their product.
So before we lift Steve Jobs up as the ultimate anti-authoritarian, we must recognize that once he was in power, he was very controlling. That is the same with the devil. The devil tempts us to rebel against God. But like Adam and Eve, we realize that the freedom from God means just that we have traded a kind Master for an evil tyrant. We will always have a master. You must choose if it is God or the devil whom you want to serve.
[Thanks to Rob Bradford for getting me to think on this one.]
But was Steve Jobs really that anti-authoritarian? Not really if one looks at how he ran his own company. He wanted those who worked for him to give him 100% of their life. For example, he was known to call up even his suppliers in the middle of the night (3 A.M.) and asked them detailed questions about their product.
So before we lift Steve Jobs up as the ultimate anti-authoritarian, we must recognize that once he was in power, he was very controlling. That is the same with the devil. The devil tempts us to rebel against God. But like Adam and Eve, we realize that the freedom from God means just that we have traded a kind Master for an evil tyrant. We will always have a master. You must choose if it is God or the devil whom you want to serve.
[Thanks to Rob Bradford for getting me to think on this one.]