Elon Musk vs Steve Jobs | Jim Keller and Lex Fridman

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Jim Keller is a legendary microprocessor engineer, previously at AMD, Apple, Tesla, Intel, and now Tenstorrent.

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[dannyrho]

No disrespect to Steve jobs as I write this message on iPhone, But seriously,

One is making human multi planetary species,
It’s no contest.

I’m sure I can list several things where Steve is better than Elon, But Elon is at another level.

Not CEOs, but specialists(engineers, designers, rocket alloy specialist), they are STUNNED on how Elon can have deep, esoteric complex conversations about their area of expertise.
Elon talk with them at THEIR level on engineering, design, etc.

He is Steve Jobs, Edison, still child inside all rolled into one package.

As John Carmeck once said about Elon Musk
“We finally have an ideal billionaire”.

[defenestratedalien]

Elon Musk, Genius. Steve Jobs, Ingenious

[nuwang]

Steve Jobs is someone we know is going to go down in history books, Elon Musk is in the middle of creating his legacy and only the sky is the limit for him, but what I can confidently say is that Elon Musk proves to be one of the revolutionary men who will looked back upon as someone incredible. Their is no point comparing Elon and Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs has revolutionized the consumption of media and arguably drove tech in a direction it would never take if not for the iPhone. Steve Jobs creation has helped with the interconnectedness of people nowa days which is incredible if you think about it

[honorebarera]

I really like these clips, thank you Lex

[freddyw]

Steve Jobs was a great marketer. He "pretty" packaged you a $200 user friendly phone and sold it for $1000. Thats genius marketing. He knew what the average person wanted and gave it to them. He didn't create or invent anything the technology was already there. Doesn't take away from his smarts or strong business acumin.

Elon on the other hand whole different story. He's an engineer, designer and inventor. He wanted more than average. Let's be honest a Tesla isn't for the average person (yet). Neither is space rockets or Nurolink. Yet it captivates the world because he's achieving things that was once deemed impossible. He's also a shrewd businessman because he doesn't always agree with the norms, and isn't afraid to push back on the system. The only billionaire to date that deserves all the wealth and recognition.

You can't compare taking the human race to mars over a fancy cellphone/laptop/tablet.

[anthonylambert]

Hello Lex. I am your Integrated Doubt Engine, are you sure these are the questions you want to ask? Oops nevermind it was perfect.

[francisdelacruz]

By far the person with more impact to date no contest is Steve Jobs and Apple. But Musk is still young. I would imagine the medical field would have an outsize impact as well, Controversial to less medically or scientifically minded but Vaccines and anti-biotics changes the course of humanity from the past into the future more than an EV. imagine a world where any decade a third of humaity can be wiped out by a pandemic.

[akj]

I think calling Elon a genius is disrespecting his hard word and pain tolerance.
Elon has achieved everything, he wasn't just born with it.

[world_changers]

Elon is all about the intricate details while Steve is all about the aesthetics

[Nomoretime]

Does Lex always talk or ask about Elon?

[just-in-spacetime]

Elon has a good sense of humor. Lex is a robot.

[Lisa-wotd]

30 sec in and the bias in Lex is so strong. The bias in the comment section also is embarrassing.

[francishallare]

Without Jobs facebook, IG, Twitter won't be into what it is now.


He created a digital version of people through social media, emails etc.

[Colombia]

Good Lex taking credit for Bill Gates’ description of Elon. Never even mentions it.

[westcoastkidd]

Elon is a visionary engineer and Steve was a psychologist/sociologist. Elon truly understands a superior product and Steve understood human nature. Both are brilliant once in a generation minds that we should admire and envy.

[gbaby]

I am always debating whether I’m really smart or really stupid or in between. Is a in saying elaborate out their imagination considered a sign of intelligence and that combined with either the lack of will to understand complex math or the lack of intelligence. Smart people use text to speech

[anaestheticfilms]

At this point Steve Jobs has had a much larger impact on humanity, but by the end of it, Elon will probably overtake him

[BannedPhotoshop]

I like inventors who don't die from cancer