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Even Ritchie and McCarthy might not have been able to achieve as much without other people's contributions. Clearly they didn't start out with sticks and stones. Even Einstein could've been useless if people before him hadn't laid down the required framework. He was just standing on the top of a human pyramid. The problem is that we only look at the guy standing at the top.

The mere idea of 'hero-worship' is flawed. Leads to dangerous consequences. Why do we forget the contributions of all those who were never named?! Nobody here can go very far on his own. I think it is high time we realized that all this was not built by one man or a few 'heroes'.

PS: I don't think the article describes Jobs as a great guy.

parent maximgsaini 12 years ago

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