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Triumph of the Nerds, part 3 (PBS, 1996): transcript

Steve Jobs · by 26 Dec 1996

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Great work comes down to taste: exposing yourself to the best things humans have done and bringing them into your own.

Their wordsUltimately it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done and then try to bring those things in to what you're doing.

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    Great work comes down to taste: exposing yourself to the best things humans have done and bringing them into your own.

    Their wordsUltimately it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done and then try to bring those things in to what you're doing.

  2. Our reading

    Microsoft's problem is that it has no taste: it does not think of original ideas or bring much culture into its products.

    Their wordsThe only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste, they have absolutely no taste, and what that means is - I don't mean that in a small way I mean that in a big way. In the sense that they they don't think of original ideas and they don't bring much culture into their product

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