How Did Steve Jobs Modernize The World

Matheus Silva
H. English 3/ H. Am. History
2nd semester research paper
5/11/14

Industrialization has modernized our world for decades. Society is now blooming with advanced communications and networking technologies. Entertainment, business and education have all been revolutionized. One of the biggest contributors to modernizing the world today is the computer. For the past 30 years, computers have evolved from programming interfaces to devices that connect, create, and run businesses. Steve Jobs proved to be one of the revolutionary icons that changed the world with Apple. His company’s software not only sold computers, but also sold groundbreaking applications that shook the world. Although the world was changed by Steve’s vision,
Woz discovered in the paper that early computer hackers managed to build little devices that would fool AT&T’s long-distance switching equipment, and allow one to make calls for free. These devices were called “Blue boxes.” Woz and Steve tried to build it themselves and it worked. Steve then explored the idea of selling these devices around Woz’s campus to students who were interested. Steve and Woz soon stopped their illegal business when they were almost caught by the police (allaboutstevejobs). After Steve Jobs graduated from high school, he attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon (Jobs Biography). However, his parents could barely afford the tuition, but began using their lifesavings to pay for it; they wanted to complete the promise they made to his biological mother, to keep him in college (Jobs 71). After 6 months of lacking direction, Steve decided to drop out of Reed. Jobs didn’t believe his tuition was worth paying for classes he wasn’t even interested in (allaboutstevejobs). “The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn’t interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting,” – Jobs (Jobs
Students could now easily access and create digital information rather than spend hours researching in the library. Teachers could also organize, plan, present and calculate a lot easier now compared to 10 years ago. Finally, the connection and communication student bodies now possessed has made their learning experience more memorable (The Life of Steve Jobs). Unfortunately, Steve Jobs’s health became a problem from 2008-2011. For the past decade, he fought pancreatic cancer and lost a lot of weight. By the end of 2011, he resigned from Apple as his conditions worsened. At October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs was announced dead after a long struggle against cancer (Jobs Biography). As one of the most influential visionary of the era, this is one of his most inspiring last quote: “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”-Steve