{"id":92,"date":"2011-10-12T12:41:41","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T16:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/?p=92"},"modified":"2011-11-05T07:30:29","modified_gmt":"2011-11-05T11:30:29","slug":"was-steve-jobs-autistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2011\/10\/12\/was-steve-jobs-autistic\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Steve Jobs Autistic?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This has gotten a lot of play since Steve Jobs died. You can also hear the text read in Steve’s own voice in this very moving tribute ceremony<\/a><\/strong>. His reading happens about 12 minutes into the video.<\/p>\n

I’ve not seen anyone say they think Jobs was autistic, so I’ll say it. He did “think different” and he was often described as “mercurial” and he was creative. He was clearly a genius. Now, that doesn’t add up to a diagnosis, but it sure fits the profile! I’d love to hear what others think!<\/p>\n

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”<\/p>\n

On\u00a0The Financial Page<\/a>\u00a0of The New Yorker, October 17, 2011,\u00a0James Surowiecki<\/a>\u00a0added fuel for my fire! \u00a0He points out, among other things:<\/p>\n