STEVE JOBS
I just started reading this paper. Principle #2 relates to what we were talking about last night. The following is from it:
In 1976, Steve Wozniak was captivated by Jobs’ vision to “put a computer in the hands of everyday
people.” Wozniak was the engineering genius behind the Apple I and the Apple II, but it was Jobs’ vision that inspired Wozniak to focus his skills on building a computer for the masses. Jobs’ vision was intoxicating because it had four components that all inspiring visions share: It was 1) bold, 2) specific, 3) concise, and 4) consistently communicated.
This is just what I was talking about. Steve Jobs was the abstract visionary of the innovation (see http://adhdldsupport.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=adhdkids&action=display&thread=501 as to why I label him abstract) and Steve Wozniak was the logical one that had what I call innovation out of desperation (I don’t know if it’s really proper to label Wozniak logical or not; for all I know, he might be just as abstract as Jobs is). Just like Kennedy and NASA.
DR. THOMAS SZASZ
I also had another thought relating to why I think there are supposed to be us abstract thinkers. I think that many of the so-called mental maladies of this past century and a half have come about because we people of this world may be trying to squeeze square pegs into round holes. By that I mean that before the Industrial Revolution, when so many people went from living outside of cities to living within the constraints of them, I’m betting that it was a bit easier for both abstract and logical thinkers. To some extent, a person found the way in life that suited each person the best. I bet that even at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, an abstract didn’t have it quite so hard. However, if you look back over just the 20th century, you can see the constraints that we as a society have put upon ourselves. Children now spend the greater part of the day, 5 days in a row, confined to desks, mentally concentrating for long periods of time. Their parents do the same for even more hours. I’m amazed that even the logical can do that and not go crazy. Were we, as a species, really meant to mentally live this way? How does this relate to my original thought? I believe that there is suppose to be ‘innovation out of nothingness’ (the abstract ‘what ifs’) just as much as ‘innovation out of desperation’ (the logical minds such as those at NASA that made Kennedy’s vision of us on the moon a reality). I also think that the world that we have created for ourselves, in order to keep people and things going, no longer caters to the mental freedoms we once had. Those who follow the beat of a different drummer have it harder and harder, IMO, as we progress farther and farther in this technology-laden world.
This page that I found with Dr. Szasz speaking is great. He says what I know to be true: ADHD is not a disease. http://spoken-gems.com/2009/07/28/dr-thomas-szasz-adhd-is-not-a-disease/
Thanks ….
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