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There were vigils outside of apple stores when Steve Jobs died.

I always found that interesting.

People held candlelit vigils for a ruthless CEO who by all accounts was an asshole both professionally and privately.

If I had to guess why it’s because Steve was more than ruthless CEO. Steve was the chief designer of our era.

Steve’s aesthetic became the dominant aesthetic. Every tech product these days is derivative of Steve’s vision. The idea that technology was art, that’s Steve.

And that aesthetic became deeply intertwined with modern life. The objects we touch and carry with us, the phone I am typing this on now. All of it is wrapped in a visual and tactile language that jobs imposed.

Aesthetics bind us far deeper than we understand, because like Steve knew beauty is important. Maybe even paramount.

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Laeserin 🇻🇦 2mo ago 💬 1

I was working in an electronics store when the colorful Macs came out and I always wanted to be able to afford one because they were so pretty.

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HODL 2mo ago 💬 1

My school had them and I couldn’t figure out why I loved spending time on the school computer and hated spending time on the computer at home. I now know why.

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BTC-BACKPACKER 2mo ago

THEY FOR THE TIME ABSOLUTELY KILLED IT WITH THE COLORS AND VIBE .... IT WAS ACTUALLY " COOL " TO OWN ONE IF THESE..

JOBS WAS SO FAR AHEAD OF THE TIMES RIP 🙏🏼

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