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jacquesmlast Wednesday at 9:38 AM2 repliesview on HN

If you're looking for role models I would not recommend Steve Jobs.

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    Even after Jobs started paying more attention to Brennan-Jobs, her mother, Chrisann Brennan, apparently felt uncomfortable leaving him with her alone after an incident in which he questioned and teased the then-9-year-old Brennan-Jobs about her sexual attractions and proclivities.

    When Brennan went to live with him as a teen, he forbade her from seeing her mother for 6 months. After moving in with them, Brennan told her stepmother, Laurene Powell-Jobs, that she felt lonely and asked that they tell her goodnight in the evenings... Powell-Jobs responded, "We're cold people."

    Once, as Jobs groped his wife and pretended to be having sex with her, he demanded that Brennan stay in the room, calling it a "family moment." He repeatedly withheld money from her, told her that she would get "nothing" from his wealth — and even refused to install heat in her bedroom.

    When she started to become active in her high school, Jobs got on Brennan for not spending more time with the family, telling her, "This isn't working out. You're not succeeding as a member of this family."

    At one point, neighbors of the family were so worried about Brennan that they helped her move into their house. They also helped her pay for college.
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/memoir-steve-jobs-apos-daught...


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turtlesdown11last Wednesday at 1:20 PM

Yes. Believe it or not, most people are not all star human beings in all facets of their lives. We can certainly still learn from them, instead of casually dismissing them when we find an instance that they don't live up to our pedestal.

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iberatorlast Wednesday at 12:40 PM

Amazing. Nearly all rich business owners are the same: too much dopamine and leaks of sociopathy.

That's why they win.

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