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by Roy Posner and MSS

Also See Insights into the Meaning of the Internet & Computers

Origins and Nature of Technology

Benefits of Technology

Limits of Technology

Recent Developments in Technology

Miscellaneous Thoughts on Technology

Origins and Nature of Technology

Definition of Technology

A Definition of Technology
Technology is knowledge of matter organized and applied through a practical organization. (MSS)

Technology
Technology is the expression of a mental formula of work in matter in the form of a fashioned tool. (MSS)

Origins of Technology

Development of Scientific Inquiry and Scientific Technology
The human mind reached its acme in Socrates more than 2000 years ago. For that to develop as scientific inquiry in Europe it took 1500 or 2000 years.

In the next stage, the scientific inquiry matured into practically usable scientific technology in the USA. This was done in two or three hundred years. Technology is more meaningful for us than the abstract inquiry into the origin of things, which is Science. (MSS)

Technology and Scientific Knowledge
The birth of a technology in the mind of an engineer is indicative of social maturity of scientific knowledge employed in work. (MSS)

Commerce, Science, & Technology
Commerce has brought science to the masses through technology. (MSS)

Science's Technology Expands, Makes Conscious Energy, Enabling It Do a Great Work
For several centuries, Science has been discovering the laws of Nature. Its concentration has been mainly on technology. Technology makes a small energy do a great work, which means the scientist makes the energy expand. In other words, the scientist makes energy CONSCIOUS because that which is not conscious cannot expand by itself. (MSS)

How Products and Technology Arise
Once there is an approval of a new idea, and some organization emerges to support it, trade and commerce take it up as they see a new opportunity. This is how new products or technology arise. (Paraphrase of MSS)

Scientific discovery that Creates a Corresponding Product
Every new scientific discovery begins as theory and ends as a PRODUCT.

From the Stone Age, Man has been creating such products.

Maybe the very first product is the stone which he used as a tool. Computer and Internet may be the latest such tools. The tool becomes a product. (MSS)

Causes of Advances in Technology
Advances in technology are made possible by:

greater systematization.

finding material that is more receptive to speed and ideas.

abridging Time by increasing speed.

higher methods of translating instructions. (MSS)

Benefits of Technology

Technology Brings Benefit to the Common Man

Science has Provided for the Common Man
We know the twentieth century as the century where science has enriched life. Science, especially technology has made the results of great scientific achievements available for the common man. The unattainable is made attainable.

Commerce has brought science to the masses through technology. (MSS)

Technology Enables Power of the Elite to Common Man
Advancing technology enables the common man to possess and enjoy what only the elite and royalty possessed so far. In that sense, technology brings the exclusive power of the elite to be distributed among all. (MSS)

Technology Brings Freedom

Technology & Individual Freedom
Every technology advances the scope of individual freedom. (MSS)

Technology Enables Accomplishment, a Greater Society

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Science's technology expands, makes conscious energy, enabling it do a great work.

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Science has been the driving force for unlocking the secrets of nature and technology that have made possible the development of modern societies. Today it is the main hope for creating a better future for all humanity.

Technology Makes Energy Conscious

Science's Technology Expands, Makes Conscious Energy, Enabling It Do a Great Work
For several centuries, Science has been discovering the laws of Nature. Its concentration has been mainly on technology. Technology makes a small energy do a great work, which means the scientist makes the energy expand. In other words, the scientist makes energy CONSCIOUS because that which is not conscious cannot expand by itself. (MSS)

The Spiritual Force Moving through Technology

The Force Driving Technology
The Supramental Force of 1956 is organising itself and taking possession of Technology as well as social, subtle organisation, having moved from the governments it possessed in 1967. (MSS)

Force Moving through US and India
The Force is moving through technology in the US. Rather than moving directly from spirit-oriented India, the Force has taken an unexpected path, moving through the emerging subtle technology of Internet in the US, which extends in collaborative service work with India, where the Force returns to meet its true earthly Source. Then together these two nations can enable the infinite to emerge in the finite, not just in the material plane, but in all planes.

Other

Perceiving the Marvel in Silicon Valley
To perceive the Marvel of existence is to see that the negative serves as much a role in progress as the positive. In fact, without it, there can be no progress, evolution, transformation at all. The Marvel then is to see the utility everything, of each thing in its place -- positive and negative, good and evil, etc. -- in the upward sweep of life. Metaphysically, we can say that the omnipresent Reality (Brahman, the Absolute) -- the highest conception of existence afforded to Man -- includes and embraces all and everything; all sides, all things, all possibilities. To have that Vision of existence gives us inner peace, and provides an inner stability and certainty that everything that is happening in our lives is for the Good.

Gradually, we can move from our normal limited, dualistic, pain-riddled perception of life to this infinitely higher perception of the Marvel. A case in point can be seen amongst the entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley. There the notion of 'failure' has a remarkably different connotation than exists elsewhere. In this progressive region of Northern California, failure connotes experience; a badge of wisdom, qualifying one for future success. It is almost the reverse of our normal view of life, where only achievement is valued, and failure depresses and discourages. The technology pioneers of Silicon Valley perceive the value of the shadow of the good; seeing the problematic as a steppingstone to the future. It is to glimpse the Marvel from the perspective of accomplishment; to look at all and everything in life from the Bright Side.

Limits of Technology

Scientific Technology vs. (Pure) Science

Science as Technology, Not Original Impulse of Mind
It is noteworthy that fundamental discoveries of science are largely confined to Europe and what the USA has taken up is the application of practical knowledge to it, reducing it to Technology. It is by the dazzling success of human comforts that science now thrives or even survives, not by following the original impulse of an awakening Mind. (MSS)

Scientific Technology of Physical Mind vs. Science of Thinking Mind
Scientific technology is the achievement of MIND, the mind seated in the physical consciousness of Man. Hence in Sri Aurobindo's terminology it is called the physical mind. Science as Europe has embraced is of the thinking mind, seated in the mental consciousness. (MSS)

Technology vs. Origins Explained through Science
Technology is [unfortunately] more meaningful for us than the abstract inquiry into the origin of things, which is Science. (MSS)

Negatives Products Produced

The Positive and Negative a Product Produces is Reflection of Man's Character
Every new scientific discovery begins as theory and ends as a PRODUCT.

The product is neutral.

It is Man who gives a character to the product he uses. A product that offers a great service usually has another side, an undesirable side.

It was inevitable in a world of dualities. The fission of the atom is certainly a great discovery. It gave birth to a monstrously destructive weapon, the atom bomb. Atomic energy can be put to peaceful positive uses of electric power generation. But it has a capacity to generate radioactive fallout. There is no greater boon than electricity. Its generation results in emissions that are harmful. Anything good has a bad side effect.

Science ushered mankind into the age of comfort, convenience, and speed.

It made the impossible possible, the inconceivable real. It is heartening to see science discovering products to fight disease and vaccines to prevent disease.

The dread disease of malaria could be largely stifled by sprinkling kerosene on stagnant water, which prevents the breeding of mosquitoes. Science is knowledge.

Unfortunately, knowledge is double-edged. The machine gun that deals a mortal blow to the criminal is sometimes wielded by the criminal himself. (MSS, extracted)

Great Positive Products with No Negative Effects
[Preliminary: Normally products have a negative effect for the positive it produces, reflecting the charter of man. e.g. the atom bomb to fission of atom, utility of electricity vs. emissions, etc.]

Science ushered mankind into the age of comfort, convenience, and speed.

It made the impossible possible, the inconceivable real. It is heartening to see science discovering products to fight disease and vaccines to prevent disease.

The dread disease of malaria could be largely stifled by sprinkling kerosene on stagnant water, which prevents the breeding of mosquitoes. Science is knowledge.

Unfortunately, knowledge is double-edged. The machine gun that deals a mortal blow to the criminal is sometimes wielded by the criminal himself. (MSS, extracted)

Recent Developments in Technology

The Micro is Forcing the Macro to Change
While people (in 2009) are condemning AT&T for its lax service, the relationship with Apple is forcing it (and similar firms) to evolve into a more limber and dynamic organization. In fact, companies like Apple and Google are forcing entire industries to be more responsive, as the change percolates up forcing the macro to be responsive to the micro. (I.e. telecommunications, entertainment, and other industries to the influence of these relatively smaller entities like Apple and Google.) We miss this push upward, percolation from the bottom up when considering the development and evolution of technology. It actually begins with the pioneering efforts of particualr individuals, whoa re in touch with the emerging subconscious aspiration of the society.

On Trying to Duplicate the Success of Silicon Valley in Other Regions
Silicon Valley (and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area) came together as THE tech capital because of the confluence of special circumstance not easy to duplicate.

1. The defense and aerospace industry, including NASA.

2. Two world class universities -- Stanford and Berkeley

3. The rush of Hippies and future Boomers from around the world wanting to make a difference.

4. Lovely weather.

5. A scenic location.

6. An environment of willingness to take chances; to change the world. (Those types of people come to a seismically active region; fearless)

7. A vibe in the area of constant change. (It was not only the center of the Hippie and New Age revolution, but the place that the environmental movement began, as well as the Biotech revolution began. Most importantly, the PC was born here, then the Internet technology, (and now the Smart Smartphone). You see why it is hard to duplicate the environment

If a city wants to become another SV, then you have to change your VALUES to something higher. Values like tolerance, innovation, free thinking, non-money orientation (that ironically brings tons of it), and creativity. They have taken up that mantle somewhat in Bangalore, India because they know fully what was involved, what values were needed. As Indians started almost one third of all Silicon Valley companies while they were here. They were pioneers for coming here, and now they take it home with them, deservedly so.

Few people are pioneers. We mostly follow the herd. Innovative, original thinkers and doers are rare. In the San Francisco Bay Area, not matter how much fun is poked at people here, is saturated with such people. They really want to make a difference in the world.

The confluence of these forces is hard to duplicate. But there are new values and infinite possibilities. A city or region would have to look deep down (and within) to see what it is made up of, really believes in. LA has been mostly about the surface, though there are pockets of technology. NY has talented and innovative people, though it is too mired in making it and money. If they (along with Chicago) get in tune with the emerging needs of society and become real pioneers, then unthought of things can be developed. Silicon Valley is after all in one sense an incubator of a new way of doing business. It can be duplicated, but will only be successful if local, heretofore, unthought of values and approaches are added to the mix. That requires a leap away from the old ways. Who is ready to take up that challenge?

Entrepreneurship and Values Drive Innovative Tech Clusters like Silicon Valley

[Comment on article in which the author asserts that top down approach works less well than the bottom up approach in developing innovative tech clusters around the world.]

'Actually Silicon Valley arose in the first place because the government spent huge amounts of money for defense, which supported the emerging changes in silicon-based technologies. It was a partnership of business and government, which has also been the case in numerous other places in Asia. Still I would agree that innovation generally occurs bottom up, especially if there is an entrepreneurial spirit ,as there has been in Silicon Valley ever since the days when hippies and scientific nerds came together to initiate the personal computer revolution. Beyond even entrepreneurship, new personal and social values (e.g. ease of use, empowering the individual, etc.) is what drives radical breakthroughs, as we have seen with Apple, Google, and many others in Silicon Valley over the years.

Microsoft's Own Piracy
Microsoft experiences vast pirating of its products, because it has copied/pirated vastly themselves. It is life responding on the outside negatively to their own negative consciousness internally.

Apple's Non Piracy and Values of our Times
It is interesting how opposite Microsoft and Apple are regarding copying/piracy. To my recollection, Apple has not had a single major case of piracy infringement in 30 years issued against it. Or if they did, it was relatively small and/or amicably settled. That is because they believe in radical, internal innovation and don�t seem to want what offers have! One exception are periodic small cases where a perspective Mac clone maker tries to sue Apple (currently Psystar). But Apple lost market dominance in the PC arena so LIFE has settled that aspect for them. As you have pointed out, it is due to possessiveness.

I wonder how they represent corresponding aspect of ourselves, even of or our times, for after all we are children of our generation.

Microsoft's Openness; Apple's Possessiveness
~300 million PCs will be sold to Apple's 25 million sold this year 92008), and the net difference is actually increasing per year. E.g. in 2012 we can project ~600 million to 60, a vast 550 million differential, so the notion expressed here is wrong.

The problem with Apple is that though it has a more innovative OS and other products, they are proprietary, i.e. it is not open for others to use as in the PC. The Mac OS can only be used by Apple. If it had been made available to other vendors years ago Apple might have had the 300 to 25 million lead.

The root cause however is that for all of Jobs' genius he is a possessive personality. Gates though far less visionary was more open, and thus the world rushed to the occasion with the dominant Windows OS. Apple can still change with the IPhone, but signs there are of proprieteriness and possessiveness, which will give a vast opening for Microsoft or other based OSs for Smartphones to eventually dominate just as the PC dominated over the Mac. Gates may be boring, but he was open to let the whole world share in the Windows experience, unlike Apple and Jobs who were narrow and possessive. Society wanted openness and Windows, with all its limitations, provided it.

Apple CEO's Possessiveness

Steve Jobs is an innovation genius and true individual, but he is possessive, probably due to the fact that he was raised as an orphan. This makes him unwilling to let other companies sell products with his OS, as Microsoft did in the past, and Google Android is doing now. In this way he intensely controls his life and his business.

Perhaps future Apple leaders will shift away from this effective short-term but problematic, even disastrous long-term approach.

Some of the psychological and spiritual bent have even suggested that if Jobs gave up his possessive tendencies, his health would dramatically improve.

Cloud Computing
Lately people have been asking me what Cloud computing is. So here is my take.

Cloud computing hosts one's data remotely so that you can access and change it through any device you use -- PC, Smartphone, etc., and see instantaneous change on any of the other devices.

In addition, people collaborate on the Cloud. So my friends/associates and I can have access to a common space, enabling each of us change the data, and all of us see the change instantly in that space through any of our devices from Smartphone to PC to etc.

The cloud is normally accessed through the Internet.

The Cloud thus is more than just storing files remotely other than on your local PC or local device, but full blown, real-time updated, interactive connection and collaboration within shared spaces, sites, and devices.

Most of us are already using elements and aspects of Cloud computing, and will increasingly do so in future.

Openness and Security with Facebook

Facebook is a movement of greater social openness in society. As it expands, it brings out the greatness as well as the limits of consciousness of the society; i.e. the people using it, and the developers who create it. As these forces, both positive and negative, come to light, there are discussions, digressions, and opportunities for further improvement. It is a process toward ever-increasing truth and benefit.

There are also marked contradictions, ironies, and confusions in that process. For example, users want an endless array of social tools at the site, and yet then scream that they are not getting enough privacy! It�s like the people who rail against government debt and simultaneously against paying taxes. These contradictions are part of that normal process of development, including this domain of social/community software.

These discussions on Facebook is ultimately a very complicated matter, because it involves the very way we interact as social beings, which is very complex. So I salute Tim's discussions in this area, and may all of the conflicting views come to light, until we begin see the varied and deeper truth of things, including our own contradictory impulses and nature. To paraphrase Pogo, �I have seen the enemy, and it is me.�

Miscellaneous Thoughts on Technology

Thoughts on the Nature of Technology
As you know technology is just a capability, rather a tool to improve the capability that man has already known about.

Technology itself is an expression of human capability.

Technology by itself may not have the power to instill values in humans, however it may act as catalyst as it has the power to expand the knowledge horizons in human minds. (Jayasree Ahuja)

For several centuries, Science has been discovering the laws of Nature. Its concentration has been mainly on technology. Technology makes a small energy do a great work, which means the scientist makes the energy expand. In other words, the scientist makes energy CONSCIOUS because that which is not conscious cannot expand by itself. (MSS)

Technological Application Lags Technical Innovation
The rate of technological innovation and diffusion is one thing, the extent of technology application is quite another. Technological development far outpaces technological applications and accomplishments in even the most advanced societies. Adoption and full utilization of already proven technologies can dramatically elevate performance in every country and in every field. To cite a single example, the average yield of tomatoes in India is 8 tons per acre, yet more advanced farmers achieve yields as high as 20 tons. The average yield of tomato in California is 35 tons in California, but one of California's leading tomato farmers with 1200 acres under cultivation routinely obtains average yields of 55 tons or more by applying advanced systems for micro-nutrient management applicable to all crops and climates. Applying more sophisticated and capital intensive technology, Israeli farmers achieve yields of 250 tons or more of tomato per acre. This wide variation in the application of technology within and between countries is nothing new. But it is a significant determinant of development and a factor that is at least partially responsive to social policies. The theory needs to explain these variations and show how they act as determinants of the development process. (MSS)

Parallels of Subtlety Between Emerging Individuals and Technologies
Just as there are individuals of mento-spiritual bent, indicating a more subtle quality of human emerging, there are occupations emerging that reflect a parallel subtlety. E.g. we can see this in the forms of higher technology, such as computer software. If we observe the world around us we can see how products and services are moving towards ever-greater subtlety of form reflecting the subtlety of spirit emerging in human life.

The Advancing Materials of Technology
As technology advances, one finds the materials used are more refined. It is worth noting that the stronger the material, the lighter it is. This is a spiritual truth that the subtler the plane or substance, the more powerful it is. (MSS)

How Rural Societies Can Skip the Industrial Stage of Development

The world evolved from agriculture to modern society via manufacturing.

As the centuries or decades pass, the Mind awakens.

It hastens the change.

Now that the service sector dominates and society has given a tool of technology -- computer -- India can skip both the initial phases largely.

Rural areas can generate their own service sector and agriculture can be avoided to a great extent. (MSS)

MSS Article
Internet as the Integrating Technology

Mind's and Spiritual Mind's Multiplier Effect in Society
The computer and Internet revolution are indicators of the further emergence of the mental consciousness in society. Anything that enhances that movement has a multiplier effect. E.g. for each information technology job that is created, a dozen or more other related jobs are created directly or indirectly. The mind and its mental application through works in society has that multiplier power. Society's implementation of mind centered in the spiritual consciousness has that potential effect to the infinite degree.

Multiplier Effect of Integration of Sectors
The integration of two or more sectors of social activity, organization or technology leads to a multiplication of their productive power, as the combination of computer and telecommunications has given rise to the Internet which integrates multiple functions including news delivery, education, commerce, and entertainment. (MSS)

Technological Advancement & Employment

The conception that technological advancement inevitably destroys more jobs than it creates is not supported by the facts. There is no direct relationship between technological development and unemployment. Therefore, it is not true that rising levels of unemployment will be an inevitable aspect of the future society.

a.  In spite of the unprecedented adoption of new technologies during this century, the USA, which is one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world, has quadrupled the number of people employed since 1900 and has a higher percentage of its population employed today than at any time in the past 100 years.

b.  It is true that introduction of new technologies can eliminate jobs in specific fields of activity. It is also true that it can create many more jobs in other fields related to scientific and industrial research, education, equipment manufacture and repair.

c.  The higher paid jobs generated by technological development also increase purchasing power and demand for goods and services generating a multiplier effect that creates jobs in unrelated sectors of the economy.

In many fields, a shortage of labor is a driving force for technological advancement rather than vice versa.

a.  There is a shortage of labor for agriculture not only in industrialized nations, which immigrant labor is essential, but even in the more developed regions of countries such as India (e.g. Punjab, Pune, Coimbatore).

b.  According to current estimates there are more than 200,000 unfilled jobs for computer software professionals in the USA today alone.

c.  The tooling and machining industry in USA, which employs highly skilled, high paid (average $40,000 or more) workers, has been suffering from an increasing shortage of job applicants for the past decade or more, despite concerted efforts by the industry to promote careers in this sector.

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Technology

The New Spirit of Success in Silicon Valley

A new entrepreneurial spirit, true individuality, freedom, collaboration, controlled chaos, and the power of uncertainty in a new service oriented world combined to create the INFINITE-like environment for success at Facebook in their early days in Silicon Valley. It can be the same for us in our own lives.

The Lives of Steve Jobs

It struck me today that Steve Jobs had several lives. The first through 1985, when he was visionary and petulant, ending with negative response by being rejected and ousted by Apple. A second life where he gradually transitioned to greater maturity, and life responded with various opportunities and his coming back to Apple. The period from 1997 to his passing where he applied his maturity into an organization that in tandem with radical innovation enabled life to respond overwhelmingly. Finally, an overlapping inability to shed imbalances in his life that led to his illness and death.

Apple's Golden Age

A writer commented that Apple without Steve Jobs has now passed its golden age. I responded as follows:

One thing Apple has never realized is Permanence. It is always struggling to get to the top or stay at the top by putting out the latest state of the art gadget. It is because Apple has not opened its products to other manufacturers, allowing others -- particularly Microsoft (Windows) and now Google (Android) -- to dominate. That CAN however change if Apple realizes all of Jobs' genius without his foibles, including his possessiveness that prevents opening his environment. People like Scott Forestall and others at Apple remind us of this open-ended potentiality. In that way, Apple can shift from its constant state of struggle to a true, everlasting Golden Age.

Beyond Technology to Human Values

Apple and others have brought wonderful technology to the world. The problem is that we don't seem to see the same level of advance in terms of Human Values and Consciousness. That is the Real Frontier of progress, and is the basis of solving most of the problems of the world.

America is a material and mechanistic believing society; and its craving for technology is one more proof. When it goes further and focuses on the Human Being and his aspirations, then we will really begin to have a mature society.

The recent financial debacle that almost brought down the word economy is a testament to America's obsession with the material over the really real and truly meaningful. Technology alone, like finance-speculation, will not bring us forward. Supporting the individual Human Being and his growth and well-being through higher personal and social values are the real key to the future.

Gadgets from Apple or others are not enough. It is merely form, not essence; the container, not the Truth and Knowledge that should be inside.

Technology

Meaning of Technology

On Technology

-Technology is practical application of the various aspects and schools of science for the benefit of society.

-Pure science is of a higher plane than technology.

-A single principle of science revealed can elicit a thousand directions and outlets for technology.

-Technology is a material or subtle means of organizing society. Organization enables higher consciousness and greater progress.

-A material-oriented society is slavishly attached to the technology rather than the deeper principles, values, and possibilities it serves. A human, values-oriented society sees technology serving various greater goods, rather than its own self. (2009-2011 Q1)



Technology, Evolution, and the Divine Intent

Technology is moving in the direction that human evolution desires; that the divine Force of the universe Intends to bring about. (2009-2011 Q1)

Theory of Technology

All items and facets of technology are formulating into a web of existence that is evolving like Life it is part of. This technological, emerging entity is a self-organizing system of increasing complexity and diversity; an aspect of the universal movement that is compelled to move forward by the spiritual Force behind it. (2009-2011 Q1)

Technology Developments

Perceiving the Marvel in Silicon Valley

To perceive the Marvel of existence is to see that the negative serves as much a role in progress as the positive. In fact, without it, there can be no progress, evolution, transformation at all. The Marvel then is to see the utility everything, of each thing in its place -- positive and negative, good and evil, etc. -- in the upward sweep of life. Metaphysically, we can say that the omnipresent Reality (Brahman, the Absolute) -- the highest conception of existence afforded to Man -- includes and embraces all and everything; all sides, all things, all possibilities. To have that Vision of existence gives us inner peace, and provides an inner stability and certainty that everything that is happening in our lives is for the Good.

Gradually, we can move from our normal limited, dualistic, pain-riddled perception of life to this infinitely higher perception of the Marvel. A case in point can be seen amongst the entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley. There the notion of 'failure' has a remarkably different connotation than exists elsewhere. In this progressive region of Northern California, failure connotes experience; a badge of wisdom, qualifying one for future success. It is almost the reverse of our normal view of life, where only achievement is valued, and failure depresses and discourages. The technology pioneers of Silicon Valley perceive the value of the shadow of the good; seeing the problematic as a steppingstone to the future. It is to glimpse the Marvel from the perspective of accomplishment; to look at all and everything in life from the Bright Side. (2009-2011 Q1)

Artificial Intelligence that Embraces the Principles of Life

Artificial Intelligence will gain far greater power when it understands the underlying principles of life; i.e. how life works. In the recently released book called 'The Book' by Garry Jacobs an advanced AI system is developed which incorporates such underlying life principles, enabling users to tap into a level of knowledge and decision making capacity that far exceeds AI systems currently available from businesses and other organizations. (2009-2011 Q1)

Steve Jobs and Apple's Second Chance for Infinite Success

A great company like Apple is determined by the values and character of its leader. In Apple's case, it is Steve Jobs, with his great capacities, as well as his limitations. His limits are a great sense of personal insecurity, probably originating in the fact that he was an orphan as a child. It has led to his possessiveness, in which he wanted to control his market, rather than have others be involved. Thus, he did not open the MacOS to other manufacturers, and is doing the same with iOS. This personal limitation caused his company to lose the PC wars, and could be occurring again against Google and Android OS playing the role of Microsoft and Windows Os in the past.

I would submit that Steve is capable of changing his behavior. Remember: his Hell Freezes Over presentation in which he switched his view? He after all allowed IPods and ITunes to run on PCs, which changed Apple and led to all its enormous successes since then. He can take that much further and open up iOS, or Apple could be doomed again not to be the global leader when it had that great opportunity.

Life has a peculiar tendency to repeat if the underlying influences do not change. It is one of the great principles that define the Character of life. And yet we can overcome that inevitability if we new and different energies to that equation.

By the way, Steve jobs changing his attitude from possessive to inclusive may have an added effect of overcoming his recent serious ill-health. I am rooting for him, and Apple to succeed now that they have a great Second Chance to do it right. (2009-2011 Q1)

Microsoft, Apple, and Piracy

It is interesting how opposite Microsoft and Apple are regarding copying/piracy. To my recollection, Apple has not had a single major case of piracy infringement in 30 years issued against it. Or if they did, it was relatively small and/or amicably settled.

That is because they believe in radical, internal innovation and don't seem to want what offers have! One exception are periodic small cases where a perspective Mac clone maker tries to sue Apple (currently Psystar). But Apple lost market dominance in the PC arena so LIFE has settled that aspect for them. As you have pointed out, it is due to possessiveness.

I wonder how they represent corresponding aspect of ourselves, even of or our times, for after all we are children of our generation. (2009-2011 Q1)

Microsoft's Pirating

Microsoft experiences vast pirating of its products, because it has copied/pirated vastly themselves. It is life responding on the outside negatively to their own negative consciousness internally. (2009-2011 Q1)

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