Steve Jobs On Conspiracies
 

When you?re young, you look at television and think, There?s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that?s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That?s a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It?s the truth.

I only clicked this thread cause I misread the title...

You said 'Conspiracies' but I read it as 'Constipation'... My bad - Sorry..

thanks for the link.. sad but maybe he is right.

"The Web is going to be very important. Is it going to be a life-changing event for millions of people? No. I mean, maybe. But it's not an assured Yes at this point."

the bastard is dead.
nothing to see here move on!

the interview is interesting. it's obvious that he wasn't a tech utopian, unlike his followers. found that surprising.

So he let his followers believe what they wanted, just like the networks deliver what people want?

Pretty accurate assumption IMO.

Ever sit in a Zurich hotel room and flip on their version of CNN and wonder why it is "less dumbed down" than the American version? I guess Americans are requesting dumber news than Europeans.