Steve Jobs on authority: 'they almost beat any curiosity out of me' quote goes viral
floguo · x · 2026-09-28
A widely shared article from thebeautyofsaas centers on a Steve Jobs reflection about facing a kind of authority he had never encountered before — one that nearly "beat any curiosity out of me." The quote is being recirculated in AI circles as a comment on how organizational authority can crush individual exploration, with readers calling it a piece worth revisiting.
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