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Sorry, but what in gods name is this passage:

> Despite never meeting Jobs, “I feel like I know him deeply, professionally, in a way that few people ever did

As opposed to all the people that did actually met him, or worked for him?

This is such a painfully gushing puff piece and this sentence is peak cringe that just makes the man sound mentally ill.

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I see this sentiment a lot these days. People who were around a person all day, everyday, for several years can say "this was the worst person I've ever known and they were completely incompetent"/"this person was an absolute saint and I was blessed to spend time alongside them", and some person who never met them will be like "your experiences are wrong and I know them better."

It's always weird and I have no clue why people get that mindset.

Reminds me of his “diary of a CEO” interview where he spends half of it reading out his own inspirational emails to the team.

omg I have to find this, do you know which one it is? I'm sure the office writers are kicking themselves they didn't think of this.

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