What Steve Jobs thinks about education

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American entrepreneur (1955 to 2011); co-founded Apple in 1976 and led it again from 1997 to 2011; ran Pixar from 1986 to 2006.

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3 dated positions, 1995 to 1996, in their own words. Our reading of what Steve Jobs has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 1 Feb 1996

   Our readingWhat is wrong with education cannot be fixed with technology.

   Their wordsI used to think that technology could help education. I've probably spearheaded giving away more computer equipment to schools than anybody else on the planet. But I've had to come to the inevitable conclusion that the problem is not one that technology can hope to solve. What's wrong with education cannot be fixed with technology. No amount of technology will make a dent.

   ↗Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing (Wired, February 1996), interview by Gary Wolfwired.com 9th of 9 in this piece

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3. 20 Apr 1995

   Our readingEqual opportunity matters, not equal outcome, and above all equal opportunity means a great education.

   Their wordsI'm a very big believer in equal opportunity as opposed to equal outcome. I don't believe in equal outcome because unfortunately life's not like that. It would be a pretty boring place if it was. But I really believe in equal opportunity. Equal opportunity to me more than anything means a great education.

   ↗Steve Jobs oral history interview with Daniel Morrow (Smithsonian, 20 April 1995): excerptsweb.archive.org 1st of 11 in this piece

5. 20 Apr 1995

   Our readingIn education the most important thing is a person who incites and feeds a child’s curiosity, which machines cannot do the way people can.

   curiosity

   Their wordsThe most important thing is a person. A person who incites your curiosity and feeds your curiosity; and machines cannot do that in the same way that people can.

   ↗Steve Jobs oral history interview with Daniel Morrow (Smithsonian, 20 April 1995): excerptsweb.archive.org 2nd of 11 in this piece