Posted on 05/20/2019 10:51:40 AM PDT by conservative98
On Saturday, Apple CEO Tim Cook, who was recently acclaimed as an even better leader than the legendary Steve Jobs, carved out a morning from his very busy schedule to deliver a commencement speech for the 2019 graduates of Tulane University in New Orleans.
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But as soon as Cook stepped up to the podium on Saturday, his message to Tulane’s graduates became the very opposite of what was expected of him—instead of presenting himself as a role model for the young graduates in the audience, Cook encouraged them to challenge older generations’ successes and to find their own.
“In some important ways, my generation has failed you,” Cook said. “We spent too much time debating, too focused on the fight and not enough on progress.”
“You don’t need to look far to find an example of that failure,” he continued, pointing to an example that no one understands better than those living in the natural disaster-dogged New Orleans: climate change.
“This problem doesn’t get easier based on who wins an election. It’s about who has one life’s lottery and has the luxury of ignoring this issue, and who stands to lose everything. The costal communities, including some right here in Louisiana, that are already making plans to leave behind the places they’ve called home for generations and head for higher ground… When we talk about climate change, I challenge you to look for those who have the most to lose and find the real, true empathy that comes from something shared. When you do that, the political noise dies down and you can feel your feet planted on solid ground.”
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Cook failed Steve Jobs.
Jobs was entirely focused on the product....something that Cook can’t accomplish.
Tim Cook is now the spokesman and representative of the Baby Boomers? When did that happen?
There is a distinct relationship between homos and climate change.
Tim, just put the damn headphone jacks, USB jacks and HDMI ports back on the MacBooks and STFU.
The climate change that’s coming is otherwise known as The Judgement of God.
Speak for yourself Tim and for all the young men you are mentoring into Gay Manhood.
And the Home button on their mobile devices. Shesh. Does he really think consumers are up late worried that they have too many ports?
As much as I dont care for Apple, I miss that man like nothing else.
With him gone, Apple no longer keeps the other companies on their toes, and left the entire tech world in this pathetic state it is in now, where NO ONE is creating anything incredible, and they have all taken to monkeying around with social justice garbage.
What he said is that "My Generation Has Fellated You!"
Better leader than Jobs???
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Sorry, Jobs was a prick, but he at least had a vision and knew what it took to deliver it.
Apple under Cook is a joke...
Macbook is in its 3rd generations into being a useless P.O.S. Can’t even deliver a KEYBOARD that works... in 3 tries.. but sure you are a better leader than Jobs....
Tim Cook is now the spokesman and representative of the Baby Boomers? When did that happen?
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
Agreed. I don’t get Apple’s interest in climate change unless they think most of their Chinese factories will be underwater. New Orleans can easily reconstruct Bourbon Street on higher ground somewhere (or even the whole city).
Business execs should stick to what they know not politics.
I’ve got an iPhone X and a 2019 iPad, both without home buttons and I don’t miss the home button. They work better without one. Once you get used to it in about three days, you find it is a crutch you can do without.
If we failed, it was in giving them too much instead of making them work for it. They had time to be brainwashed tech-drones instead of thinking people.
A healthy dose of adversity would do them good.
Dearest Tommy: Most Americans think nothing like you, thank God. You probably have failed our youth, so you should feel that way. But do not, ever, speak for me. Ever.
Trip to India as teen was a life-changer for Steve Jobs
TNN, The Economic Times, October 7, 2011
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