Maybe someone can clarify, the Ars article doesn't mention this, but wasn't there another effort to fundraise for him and help him out? I thought there was a similar attempt a few months ago, but I can't seem to find any info on it.
Maybe I'm mistaken, either way, it is good to see people coming to his aid.
Wonderful AMA ... take 10 minutes to read his responses. He's depressingly open about the past and present, but it's great to see he has plans for the future.
His answer to "Are you wealthy?" is sobering, as I would not naively have expected destitution for someone with his technical ability or status as an early Apple employee.
We're presently in the best market of the history of ever, but I think young engineers should be prudent about recognizing that we too will eventually be old some day. Make sure you've got a plan for it.
He joined my Cards Against Humanity game in Burger King a couple years ago at Defcon. Definitely an interesting guy... He had lots of stories and was pretty open about everything.
Fun coincidence: Bismarck implemented the first welfare state in the history of the world, with sickness, accident and disability insurance and old age pension.
To quote:
The real grievance of the worker is the insecurity of his existence; he is not sure that he will always have work, he is not sure that he will always be healthy, and he foresees that he will one day be old and unfit to work. If he falls into poverty, even if only through a prolonged illness, he is then completely helpless, left to his own devices, and society does not currently recognize any real obligation towards him beyond the usual help for the poor, even if he has been working all the time ever so faithfully and diligently. The usual help for the poor, however, leaves a lot to be desired, especially in large cities, where it is very much worse than in the country.
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The real grievance of the worker is the insecurity of his existence; he is not sure that he will always have work, he is not sure that he will always be healthy, and he foresees that he will one day be old and unfit to work. If he falls into poverty, even if only through a prolonged illness, he is then completely helpless, left to his own devices, and society does not currently recognize any real obligation towards him beyond the usual help for the poor, even if he has been working all the time ever so faithfully and diligently. The usual help for the poor, however, leaves a lot to be desired, especially in large cities, where it is very much worse than in the country.
How many wars to we have, our entire global economy is supported by all these wars, I mean ammo has to be made, guns, and that means lots of cashola for the military industrial complex.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 42.5 ms ] threadMaybe I'm mistaken, either way, it is good to see people coming to his aid.
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We're presently in the best market of the history of ever, but I think young engineers should be prudent about recognizing that we too will eventually be old some day. Make sure you've got a plan for it.
Not sure why, but glad the Ars page is now on.
Would anyone have to have a fundraiser in any other "1st world" country for medical problems?
But hey let's go spend billions on more wars, bomb the billions in equipment we bought for Iraq and then buy more equipment to replace it for Iraq.
ps. it is funny how people forget Steve Jobs started out committing felonies without ever getting prosecuted
pps. apparently what he really needs is a fundraiser to publish a book he has been working on, including a chapter on Woz
"Politics is the art of the possible." — Otto von Bismarck (attributed)
When one side is opposing a plan it originated, how can anyone make progress?
> But hey let's go spend billions on more wars, bomb the billions in equipment we bought for Iraq and then buy more equipment to replace it for Iraq.
This is only relevant if you have to placate deficit hawks who don't put a priority on medical spending.
To quote:
The real grievance of the worker is the insecurity of his existence; he is not sure that he will always have work, he is not sure that he will always be healthy, and he foresees that he will one day be old and unfit to work. If he falls into poverty, even if only through a prolonged illness, he is then completely helpless, left to his own devices, and society does not currently recognize any real obligation towards him beyond the usual help for the poor, even if he has been working all the time ever so faithfully and diligently. The usual help for the poor, however, leaves a lot to be desired, especially in large cities, where it is very much worse than in the country.
If he doesn't know who started it, how do we know the money will actually get to him?