The Real Genius of Steve Jobs | The New Yorker and What to Do

Today's podcast covers:1. [The Real Genius of Steve Jobs | The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/the-tweaker)2. [What to Do](https://www.paulgraham.com/do.html)Welcome to Pocket to Podcast. Today we have 2 articles covering the insights into Steve Jobs' genius and a philosophical take on what one should do with their life.Starting with "The Real Genius of Steve Jobs" from The New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell paints a detailed portrait of Jobs not as an inventor but as a "tweaker." Jobs's brilliance lay in refining and perfecting the ideas around him, making them better. The article shares anecdotes that illustrate how Jobs's quest for perfection touched every aspect of his life, from the painstaking selection of a washing machine to his insistence on the design of the mask he wore in the hospital. Jobs's approach to innovation was editorial at its core; he knew how to spot potential and make it shine. This sensibility extended to his professional work, where he took existing concepts, like the graphical user interface from Xerox PARC, and transformed them into Apple's groundbreaking products. Despite his difficult personality, Jobs's unyielding...Generated by Pocket to Podcast