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29 Dec 2021 Conversations with Tyler Conversations with Tyler 2021 Retrospective
“I would say maybe Jobs has aged better than the book, but it’s still a great book to read.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- 29 Dec 2021
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs — his bio. I’ve since heard from people who knew Jobs, and/or knew people who knew Jobs, that the portrait was not entirely accurate. I can’t assess that myself. It’s still a wonderfully written book about a very important figure, but maybe he’s too negative on Jobs. Maybe Jobs just wasn’t a foot-stomping tyrant who yelled at everyone. He got a lot done. I have an iPhone still in my pocket. I would say maybe Jobs has aged better than the book, but it’s still a great book to read. Just take it with a grain of salt. What do you think of Isaacson, generally, as a biographer? I know a lot of people like to think his Leonardo da Vinci biography —…
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