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Originally Posted by RichL
Yet those same traits lead to over population, super bugs and the increasingly rapid destruction of the vary environment that supports us. Doesn't appear to me those are things that should garner much respect for the originator.
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I said it wasn't compulsory.
Respect can't be compelled and different people have different values so debating the value of specific discoveries and inventions is a lot like monday morning quarterbacking. Anybody can do it and nobody can naysay it.
But I will add that anybody who doesn't like the modern world does have the option to do something about it.
If you don't like the world as it is, improve it or leave it.
Deeds, not words.
As the Jobs bio makes clear, he was far from a great human being but his actions--directly and indirectly--demonstrably left the world better than he found it. Anybody that values deeds over words should respect the deeds, even if the man was not worthy.