[JumpCrisscross]

> back then your interaction with the public was maybe twice a year. Now it’s daily.

If you choose it to be. Plenty of CEOs are relatively recluse. For example, Apple’s, today.

[starik36]

I seriously doubt Steve Jobs would be.

[JumpCrisscross]

> doubt Steve Jobs would be

Jobs was alive when Twitter went mainstream. He didn’t fall for the bait.

[imgabe]

He was also much more mellow then. Jobs in 1984 with Twitter might have been a different story.

[JKCalhoun]

Agree. Jobs saved his public appearances/commentary for big events.

[Spooky23]

Sure he would. Jobs controlled his public persona and presence very carefully.

Being available to the world makes you the tail that wags the dog. It’s expensive to keep the mob happy. The big demagogues of our time aptly demonstrate that.

[eyelidlessness]

Giving you the benefit of the doubt, is it possible that’s your impression because his carefully crafted public persona is more familiar to you than his famous-but-somewhat-posthumously-so privateness?