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		bertylicious 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California Nominates Steve Jobs for Its American I... It's not distracting, it's an important detail underlining the ridiculousness of this decision. Maybe it's just me, but I think innovation awards are for people with scientific mindsets. Jobs obviously didn't have one.

khazhoux 10 months ago [–]

Are you suggesting Apple was not innovative, or that he did not have a role in Apple's innovation?

We can pretend all day that the Apple II, the Mac, iMac, macbook, iPod, iPhone, and iPad would have been exactly the same without Jobs. But in the reality we currently inhabit, he was the person overseeing them all.

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