<story><title>Steve Jobs Interview in 1981 [video]</title><url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbfejwP1d3c</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tpmx</author><text>That moment 4m15s in when he realizes his answer is way too complicated, stops talking in the middle of a sentence (thereby making that recorded video unusable) and asks if he could have another shot at answering the question. The next iteration is dramatically simplified.&lt;p&gt;This is communication masterclass level, already back then. How the heck did he get to there, so early?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>adventured</author><text>The skills we use at ~26 are being actively developed throughout childhood and our teen years, just typically not consciously. Most likely the device he&amp;#x27;s employing he had utilized frequently when he was growing up, perhaps as a means to convince other kids to do what he wanted or otherwise to get his way (whether with his peers, parents or other authority figures). It&amp;#x27;s Tom Sawyer&amp;#x27;s whitewashed fence. Jobs is trying to manipulate your mind and I don&amp;#x27;t mean that in a sinister way.&lt;p&gt;Also keep in mind, Dale Carnegie&amp;#x27;s book How to Win Friends and Influence People was published in 1936 and was a very well-known book throughout Steve&amp;#x27;s life. There is a pretty good chance he ran across a few books like that which would have aided his advancement in manipulating impression, narrative or outcomes. He didn&amp;#x27;t have to entirely invent the wheel in that sense.</text></comment>
<story><title>Steve Jobs Interview in 1981 [video]</title><url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbfejwP1d3c</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tpmx</author><text>That moment 4m15s in when he realizes his answer is way too complicated, stops talking in the middle of a sentence (thereby making that recorded video unusable) and asks if he could have another shot at answering the question. The next iteration is dramatically simplified.&lt;p&gt;This is communication masterclass level, already back then. How the heck did he get to there, so early?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>duxup</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a funny contrast considering his comment about lowest common denominator at the start ;)&lt;p&gt;He knows he has to play that game too.</text></comment>