Chapter
Comparing the Personalities of Elon Musk and Steve Jobs
25:29 - 30:22 (04:53)
The host discusses the contrasting personality traits of Elon Musk and Steve Jobs, highlighting Jobs' tendency to be emotional, angry, and passionate while making decisions, while Musk has a love and passion for engineering and troubleshooting.
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The speaker recounts a memory of giving up his cafeteria table for a friendly stranger who happened to work with Mike Colbert, the unofficial CTO of Apple, who was able to put up with Steve Jobs' intensity and was trusted by him to translate his ideas into engineering products that would work.
25:29 - 26:29 (00:59)
Summary
The speaker recounts a memory of giving up his cafeteria table for a friendly stranger who happened to work with Mike Colbert, the unofficial CTO of Apple, who was able to put up with Steve Jobs' intensity and was trusted by him to translate his ideas into engineering products that would work.
ChapterComparing the Personalities of Elon Musk and Steve Jobs
Episode#162 – Jim Keller: The Future of Computing, AI, Life, and Consciousness
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
This transcript compares the different approaches to innovation of Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, highlighting Jobs' skills as an "idea person" and talent selector, and Musk's more engineering-centric focus and design mind.
26:29 - 27:16 (00:47)
Summary
This transcript compares the different approaches to innovation of Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, highlighting Jobs' skills as an "idea person" and talent selector, and Musk's more engineering-centric focus and design mind.
ChapterComparing the Personalities of Elon Musk and Steve Jobs
Episode#162 – Jim Keller: The Future of Computing, AI, Life, and Consciousness
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Steve Jobs had a special intuition for what could happen with computer hardware and software, despite not being a computer architect or designer, and would often make changes and dismiss employees after observing their work.
27:16 - 29:06 (01:50)
Summary
Steve Jobs had a special intuition for what could happen with computer hardware and software, despite not being a computer architect or designer, and would often make changes and dismiss employees after observing their work.
ChapterComparing the Personalities of Elon Musk and Steve Jobs
Episode#162 – Jim Keller: The Future of Computing, AI, Life, and Consciousness
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The podcast discusses the differences and similarities between two tech giants, Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, regarding their approach to ideas, craftsmanship, and personality traits like anger, passion and mood swings.
29:06 - 30:22 (01:15)
Summary
The podcast discusses the differences and similarities between two tech giants, Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, regarding their approach to ideas, craftsmanship, and personality traits like anger, passion and mood swings. The speaker explains how these traits can be considered as features for them, not bugs.