Nine books that Steve Jobs thought everyone should read

[bananas]

http://business.financialpost.com/2014/10/14/nine-books-that-steve-jobs-thought-everyone-should-read/

Nine books that Steve Jobs thought everyone should read
Drake Baer, Business Insider | October 14, 2014

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By combining tech and the liberal arts, Jobs said that Apple was able to “to make extremely advanced products from a technology point of view, but also have them be intuitive, easy-to-use, fun-to-use, so that they really fit the users.”

Jobs arrived at that perspective through a lifetime of reading, as reviewed in Walter Isaacson’s biography and other places. We’ve put together a list of the books that most affected him.

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‘King Lear’ by William Shakespeare

‘Moby Dick’ by Herman Melville

‘The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas’ by Dylan Thomas

‘Be Here Now’ by Ram Dass

‘Diet for a Small Planet’ by Frances Moore Lappe

‘Mucusless Diet Healing System’ by Arnold Ehret

‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ by Paramahansa Yogananda

‘Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind’ by Shunryu Suzuki

‘The Innovator’s Dilemma’ by Clayton M. Christensen

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https://www.facebook.com/SmallPlanetInstitute/posts/10152474914241156

Small Planet Institute

Check out what Steve Jobs had to say about Diet For a Small Planet!

"That's when I pretty much swore off meat for good."

[bobalew]

1. Yeah, But he was stiil a Giant POS self centered sociopath when it came

to Human relations.....no matter what book he recommened or read. This is from personal experience. he could dish it out , but could never take it. He was no hero to me...Just an obnoxious Jerk who ruined an otherwise well-going job interview.

[bananas]

4. What Kind of Buddhist was Steve Jobs, Really?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=890585

[JEFF9K]

2. Wasn't he kind of a jerk ...

who made some bad decisions that led to his premature death?

Maybe we should avoid these books?

[LiberalElite]

3. He also wore a lot of black -

maybe we shouldn't do that either.

[JEFF9K]

5. His choice of clothing isn't relevant to the topic.

The fact that he was a jerk with bad judgement IS relevant to whether we should follow his advice on what to read.

[rhett o rick]

7. Do you think he was a jerk? You seem to be making that insinuation. nm

[JEFF9K]

8. He could be a jerk.

Did you read comment #1? I have heard and read that he could be a jerk at times. I think he even admitted to it.

I think it's reasonable to have reservations about a list of books that shaped the thinking of a sometimes jerk whose philosophy led to his early death.

[RussBLib]

6. wow...i've read six of those books - n/t

[hankthecrank]

9. Thanks for putting this up

[Retrograde]

10. Diet for a Small Planet?

I still have my copy from back in the 1970s. IIRC, Lappe's theory of complimentary foods to provide complete protein is not well-regarded these days. The basic idea, though, that a vegetarian diet is more sustainable, still holds (and some of the recipes aren't bad). But Arnold Ehret is flat-out woo - and Jobs didn't do himself any favors following his suggestions.