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by LoganDark 404 days ago
I can't say whether he was or wasn't a narcissist, because I can't really tell one way or the other, but I don't think he had a simple inability to pick up on social cues. At least, that doesn't look to have been the cause of the abrasiveness. To me, it just seemed like he believed that people could do better.

This video is just one tiny piece of history, but I'd call it a very good watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Fs0pD2Hsk

Today's Apple doesn't truly stand for this anymore. Today's Apple is not the same Apple. It still has Jobs' Apple in its core, and that's why there ever was a solid base to build upon... but their new stuff is all hit or miss, sometimes very miss, because they're not the crazy ones anymore. They're slowly rotting into a generic megacorp... and that is very sad.