Steve Jobs Interview - 2/18/1981

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    An interview with Steve Jobs filmed on 2/18/1981 about the future of Apple, Computers, the Home & Personal computer markets, video games, and more.

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  • @hadi_177re
    @hadi_177re 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1163

    He was 25 back then . I'm 25 sitting on screen watching youtube vids not knowing what to do with my life .

    • @chattycathydoll
      @chattycathydoll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Just try something, anything, throw yourself into it fully and see where it leads. Keep doing that. Not only will you gain lots of skills and knowledge about yourself you'll be really well prepared with transferable skills when you find what you want to do.

    • @GRACIE342
      @GRACIE342 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      You got this. Hang in there! 😊

    • @GRACIE342
      @GRACIE342 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Maybe take the mbti test free online and learn about yourself and the jobs that might interest you.

    • @shythefoxx
      @shythefoxx ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Mood

    • @Hordaric
      @Hordaric ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Everything will be fine and you’ll have an amazing life!!!

  • @SimeVidas
    @SimeVidas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1448

    “I know the privacy issue is very hot in the media today.“
    Some things don’t change.

    • @jgbalboa
      @jgbalboa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @eblman huh?

    • @jgbalboa
      @jgbalboa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      They lied to him, they didn't edit-out the parts where he goofs up.

    • @adityaroy7616
      @adityaroy7616 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jgbalboa The view of privacy on the Internet was vastly different. Earlier, it was seen as possible to make strides in through various encryption methodologies. But, now privacy is an issue beyond hacking, but ensuring security of information is on another level. There is a lot more info in the hands of large corporations and government institutions. Our understanding of the privacy issue has changed a lot.

    • @jnnx
      @jnnx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@jgbalboa They didn’t lie to him, this is the raw footage.

    • @bluecollar5839
      @bluecollar5839 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Like breathing , some things you need.

  • @Y-two-K
    @Y-two-K ปีที่แล้ว +398

    Can't believe Steve was only 26 here. A titan among CEOs and business starters. RIP ol' Steve.

    • @karstent.66
      @karstent.66 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Back in those days, people were more matured in their 20s. Nowadays, people are still like kiddies in their 30s.

    • @theharshtruthoutthere
      @theharshtruthoutthere ปีที่แล้ว

      @@karstent.66 When sharing advice/opinions/ about schools and doing drugs:
      Turn your advice about schools around, PARENTS HOMESCHOOL you own offspring, cause the government ain+t caring and have clearly said that many times. About drugs? Correct here, stay away. But there is one big problem none of us take into account: TVs - the most popular drugs in every household. Daily watching TV = doing drugs daily. The MK ULTRA MIND CONTROL - search, soul, and start giving out real valuable advice.
      Stop repeating whatever the TV (most powerful weapon formed against humans minds) spreads.
      And souls, homeschool your offspring fully out from school programs or the home-schooling of yours and homeschooling at all.
      Evolution of Television 1920-2020 (updated) - the greatest weapon ever created.
      And as we promo the A. I and all the ways it can be used, we promo deceiving others and being deceived.

    • @sdsfgfhrfdgebsfv4556
      @sdsfgfhrfdgebsfv4556 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@karstent.66 school system got worse

    • @infringinator
      @infringinator ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@karstent.66 what has the MTV done to you son?

    • @sethabel4315
      @sethabel4315 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is so wild. My mother was five months pregnant with me. Lol.

  • @alekz1958
    @alekz1958 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    I was 25 then and had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and I look at this interview and am in absolute aww at his drive this is probebly the best Steve jobs interview I have seen to show the real person he was . Thanks for sharing

    • @skillfuldabest
      @skillfuldabest ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @zuck diggerman HIs life didn't suck. Having a purpose and following through is very rewarding.

    • @paulogaspar8295
      @paulogaspar8295 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm pretty sure he knew the questions and prepared before to do a perfect take. That's why he asked to repeat when he said a mistake.

    • @technotroll
      @technotroll ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was 25 and wanted to do revolutionary stuff, except I didn't know anyone in funding.

    • @BadMannerKorea
      @BadMannerKorea ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@technotroll Yeah except you didn't follow through and nobody has any evidence whatsoever of your visions of the future that turned out to be correct.

    • @technotroll
      @technotroll ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BadMannerKorea If so, then I am Elisha Gray.

  • @rasalghul9331
    @rasalghul9331 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1347

    Steve Jobs had a beautiful, elegant way of describing complex concepts in very simple, understandable ways.

    • @gilberttorres8
      @gilberttorres8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @Mia L I thought the same, that’s what salesperson do. They may talk out of their ass. He also doesn’t address questions he goes about a rant and brings up other subjects to change the conversation and not address the questions.

    • @tusharniras
      @tusharniras 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah! That’s what I was thinking

    • @gero_dev
      @gero_dev 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sort of like Elon. It's crazy

    • @horo8090
      @horo8090 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Shez Nothing like Elon

    • @typingcat
      @typingcat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If he's so smart, how come he's dead?

  • @Surbhit7
    @Surbhit7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +519

    The clarity he had in that day and age is amazing.

    • @justin_ooo
      @justin_ooo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      probably the acid

    • @MattFortier73
      @MattFortier73 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@justin_ooo I totally agree with Justin. The knowledge Jobs had and his age 25, fing amazing! What a futurist and pioneer in technology..... Jobs is such a workhorse in developing the future , he has no time to take a vacation! Unreal.........

    • @JonDotExe
      @JonDotExe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@justin_ooo Yeah I was about to say... the acid probably helped.

    • @gazoo1982
      @gazoo1982 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Steve was ahead of his time, he was a genius

    • @88Doug
      @88Doug 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is a good point. He has that like, real early computer guy swag, like he invented it!

  • @maximburgman
    @maximburgman ปีที่แล้ว +87

    It’s very special to see him as a young man, not fully sure of himself-and clearly very hard on himself when he finds himself short of perfection (maybe explains why he was hard on others)-yet there is no doubt that Steve is in there. Also shows how much he has continuously grown as a person over the years after this interview.

  • @JB-fh1bb
    @JB-fh1bb ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you thank you thank you to whoever let this unedited version out to the public

  • @davyroger3773
    @davyroger3773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +467

    Holy shit where has this been? Imagine all the lost footage we'll never see.

    • @wiscatbijles
      @wiscatbijles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      What about footage before footage. Imagine that.

    • @Madame_Different
      @Madame_Different 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I read once that Apple gave several feet of archives to the Computer History Museum if I am right. A mix of footages, pictures and files regarding Apple since the early days. Also, if you add the idea that many people who have been in touch directly with Jobs or relatives at anytime (work, events, etc...), a lot of rare things are missing.

    • @davyroger3773
      @davyroger3773 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@wiscatbijles It really gets the imagination going

    • @NuGanjaTron
      @NuGanjaTron 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It's probably been sitting on Umatic in the broadcaster's vault. Umatic keeps a lot better than VHS garbage (so do the VCRs, for that matter). There's tons of cultural heritage buried on deteriorating video as we speak... uh, type.

    • @SirMixALotRareMusic
      @SirMixALotRareMusic  2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      You're correct, this was taken from a Umatic.

  • @ray4493
    @ray4493 2 ปีที่แล้ว +896

    Some guys literally defined the way we live now and Steve sure is one of them. Can’t believe he was just 26 at that time.

    • @Lakshya417
      @Lakshya417 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yes, he was genius.

    • @SD-hr4tr
      @SD-hr4tr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @E 333 if Steve Jobs wasn’t able to stay at his parents property as an adult there might not be Apple

    • @yt-sh
      @yt-sh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@SD-hr4tr Steve had $60k contract when he was just 21, which is 270k today...
      edit: its 270k...

    • @vip-cw1st
      @vip-cw1st 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@yt-sh also tell what happened after 1981 apple stock just crashed

    • @yt-sh
      @yt-sh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@vip-cw1st well he had stocks which crashed . he was rich so much he didnt care about money as much as the products he made...

  • @chivalrous_chevy1163
    @chivalrous_chevy1163 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Watching this on my Macbook Pro 2015. Amazing computer, i've had it for a long time and it's served me extremely well.

  • @mwloos1
    @mwloos1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    His use of analogy to explain computers to non tech people was brilliant. Not many tech folks back then would do that and it hurt their business endeavors since they only spoke in speeds and feeds.

  • @tarifonium
    @tarifonium 2 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    I love that this is the unedited tape. That question he asked to repeat is great insight into how these things happen.

    • @PaperRaines
      @PaperRaines 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Makes you wonder why he'd bother, no? It's still being recorded, and what would he have done during a live interview in front of an audience. It is interesting indeed

    • @folksurvival
      @folksurvival 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PaperRaines It shows his ego.

    • @mba2ceo
      @mba2ceo ปีที่แล้ว

      ya it is call PR

  • @baardbi
    @baardbi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +713

    I just absolutely love this clip. Both hearing Steve and taking a peek "behind the scenes" at the same time. This is a historical video.

    • @derick3482
      @derick3482 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      why was the apple logo rainbow ???

    • @alexb3443
      @alexb3443 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@derick3482 they were the first computer company to offer color graphics

    • @MrMarkOlson
      @MrMarkOlson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@derick3482 Because the Bay Area in California. The rainbow was very present in in 1970s-80s Bay Area. There were perhaps more rainbows (in an arched shape) on cars then than even today.

    • @juliedunken1150
      @juliedunken1150 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MrMarkOlson it was because the apple II was color

    • @CardanoMfer
      @CardanoMfer ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I feel like a time traveler watching it on my phone.

  • @mattkent2651
    @mattkent2651 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    An incredible interview. He was almost like Arthur C Clarke of computing. So evangelical and visionary. One of a select few.

  • @michaellouis5458
    @michaellouis5458 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life..

    • @edge3777
      @edge3777 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please I have been hearing about this Mrs Hanna macko from a colleague at work how do I easily get to her?

    • @BB-hd7xh
      @BB-hd7xh ปีที่แล้ว

      Hanna macko is a well known trade coach when it comes to investing

    • @BB-hd7xh
      @BB-hd7xh ปีที่แล้ว

      +447

    • @BB-hd7xh
      @BB-hd7xh ปีที่แล้ว

      443

    • @BB-hd7xh
      @BB-hd7xh ปีที่แล้ว

      881

  • @raghuramucs8344
    @raghuramucs8344 2 ปีที่แล้ว +401

    Can't believe that Steve was so confident during 1981 on the future of 21st century computer world.

    • @imranvp
      @imranvp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      And CEO of a multimillion dollar company at age 25!!!

    • @ajdsp
      @ajdsp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He had already been to the mountaintop and seen the future?

    • @flawns
      @flawns ปีที่แล้ว +5

      he would say "they are all bozos"

    • @alinn.4341
      @alinn.4341 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      its the 80's. you can see he has coke rushes all interview :)

    • @scientificatheist9381
      @scientificatheist9381 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes

  • @gabrielfox457
    @gabrielfox457 2 ปีที่แล้ว +493

    Sitting here at home 40 years after this was made in 2021 watching this on an Android phone just speaks volumes about what he's saying 😉 Steve Jobs was a visionary.

    • @senju2024
      @senju2024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Except your phone should really be an iphone not an Android. WINK!!!

    • @javaChai
      @javaChai 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@senju2024 bahaha I was gonna say the same

    • @bookshorts9261
      @bookshorts9261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@senju2024 If you want a phone that is both cheaper and has more features, Android is the way to go. Apple only went to bigger screens a few years back because several Android phones had already gone that way.

    • @JonathanRootD
      @JonathanRootD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Apple isn't the innovator is used to be under Jobs.

    • @sergvelazquez
      @sergvelazquez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It feels like he's not speaking to society from 1981, he was talking about us in 2021. I just realized right now, watching this video on my iMac and checking my portfolio on the stock market on my iPhone this morning 😳

  • @ramlongcat
    @ramlongcat ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm amazed at how professional the interviewer is. Kinda blows my mind nobody credits him anywhere.

    • @mikeminetti
      @mikeminetti 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I feel the same way. Thought the questions themselves were excellent, especially considering back in 1981 most journalists would not be familiar with the topic. He did his homework.

  • @theanimationcritictaylorri1264
    @theanimationcritictaylorri1264 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I love old footage like this mostly because it’s incredible how long the footage lasts if of course taken care of properly and it’s also insane that some videos if not the first video uploads in history say 17 - 18 years later.

  • @christopherarmstrong2710
    @christopherarmstrong2710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +464

    5:34 Man riding a bicycle analogy (Scientific American article)
    7:08 Technological disruption
    8:37 Creative knowledge work. Creative work > technical drudgery work
    10:05 1984 dystopian view = large centralized computers (top down). Mac's personal computer goal = decentralized & democratic (bottom up, antithesis of 1984)
    10:46 “We describe our business as making *tools and not toys.* We’re really interested in providing that bicycle type of tool to the marketplace.”
    12:00 Easy to use = most sophisticated = most expensive (technology)
    12:24 Silicon Valley = entrepreneurial risk culture
    18:50 Hiring advice

    • @lemon-ade3857
      @lemon-ade3857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Does it make me dumb if I didnt understand what he talked about?

    • @ShadowKrueger
      @ShadowKrueger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@lemon-ade3857 I’d say no, just do more in depth look at yourself and expand your mind more. We’re all growing everyday never pass up the opportunity to learn more especially from Steve 😇

    • @sebmiellet
      @sebmiellet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@lemon-ade3857 Nope, it makes you smart to have listened

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      2021: Your privacy is pretty much gone (well, it's actually stored in the cloud "securely"), and Apple is blocking proper repairs by independent repair shops by serializing their parts, disabling replacement cameras, etc. Steve would probably turn in his grave if he knew all this.

    • @lukat9702
      @lukat9702 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lemon-ade3857 no

  • @ErnisTheFirst
    @ErnisTheFirst 2 ปีที่แล้ว +889

    Even Steve Jobs himself looks like Ashton Kutcher :D

    • @travelinggirl8257
      @travelinggirl8257 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Well....Ashton kind of looks like Steve :)

    • @subzeroarctics1299
      @subzeroarctics1299 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I thought it was Kevin Malone

    • @rbotton6272
      @rbotton6272 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ...did ..rip

    • @epicon6
      @epicon6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well duh, that's why Ashton got the movie

    • @scanspeak00
      @scanspeak00 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Richard Hunting Just watched it, it was horrible!

  • @technotroll
    @technotroll ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love that the video is provided as the un-edited roll. The interviewer talking in the beginning isn't being completely honest though, but he's doing his job in order to keep Steve comfortable and calm. In reality even the explaining he did to Steve in the beginning, is a great kind of B-roll to cut in later, when you - for whatever reason - need a cut-in of the interviewer speaking or asking about something. Oftentimes completely different audio is edited in over the interviewer speaking, though, since you only see him from behind. Edit: Oh lol I notice they do the question over-shoulder thingy at the end too. Must've been quite interesting to see for Steve to see how TV is actually produced from the vantage point of the interviewee.

  • @Brisius
    @Brisius ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow, it’s so satisfying to read Steve’s biography, and watch him on TH-cam a second later. Thank you technology

  • @marvininthemiddle4586
    @marvininthemiddle4586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I’m watching this on an Apple iPhone, in the middle of an oil field, in 2021.

    • @Miketar2424
      @Miketar2424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Isn't it amazing? This interview was not long ago in terms of how long society has existed, yet there you are holding a pocket computer watching this.

  • @kamratframjandet
    @kamratframjandet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    "Ask me in five years." - crazy smile - staring into the camera.

  • @linux4923
    @linux4923 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watching this man converse is very encouraging for my own path that I want to take!

  • @kubricksghost6058
    @kubricksghost6058 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Steve was answering the filler conversations at the end much more relaxed and naturally. I actually wanted to hear about his management approach MORE than the typical computer visionary stuff.

  • @Ali_Almaliky
    @Ali_Almaliky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Since he was young he had this confidence and unparalleled charisma that no other CEO in the valley had. Say what you say about him but he was one hell of CEO

    • @nthny1875
      @nthny1875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I never liked Steve Jobs... But I feel I should reconsider my opinion on him, now that I have a better understanding of his character after seeing this Interview..
      He only knew success from an early age. A 400% growth in business every year from age 24 to the very day he died would warp anyone's expectations of others.
      Yes, he was a fucking asshole..
      But nobody can ever say this man was not intelligent. This man was excellent at his job.

    • @ashb001
      @ashb001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@nthny1875 Good that youre able to hold both of those dissonant opinions at the same time. Most people let their personal likes or dislikes cloud their eventual judgement of a person.

    • @fjames208
      @fjames208 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      True

    • @Pepespizzeria1
      @Pepespizzeria1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He got very lucky that he knew Steve Wozniak who invented the apple 2 which did really well despite jobs, he had one failed product after another working for apple then finally got the imac, he wasn't very good, he just has a cult following, really interesting person though

    • @chouseification
      @chouseification ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Pepespizzeria1 is spot on... Jobs is a complete and total douche, who is falsely believed to be some important figure; that is Woz. Every single project that Jobs brought to market either flopped or sucked cash from remaining Apple II sales. The original Mac was only usable to basically play simple games - it didn't have enough RAM to do any productivity software, graphics software, etc. It was a complete fraud.

  • @danisrael10487
    @danisrael10487 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you for uploading this!

  • @jstavene
    @jstavene ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW,,, thankyou for posting this

  • @SteveSingsThings
    @SteveSingsThings 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Pure genius. Kudos to the interviewer and writers for the insightful questions.

  • @kanalya1000chertey
    @kanalya1000chertey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    "adapt the computers more to the way people are familiar with doing things, so that people have to adapt less to the way computers do things" love it

    • @trotro80
      @trotro80 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Linux guys won't like this line :D

    • @mlevy2429
      @mlevy2429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@trotro80 fuck linux

    • @gcg8187
      @gcg8187 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      hahaha that's why I am a rubyist

    • @cliftonortat513
      @cliftonortat513 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hence why we still refer to pocket computers as "phones"

    • @skyemac8
      @skyemac8 ปีที่แล้ว

      There’s your answer. Why they made it.

  • @rishisinha1426
    @rishisinha1426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    All his ideas from 1984 are so accurate. The effort in drawing parallels from existing concepts and nature shows how much time he has spent in understanding and developing his approach. Genius.

    • @melessa18
      @melessa18 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      acha.

    • @kartikyadav7421
      @kartikyadav7421 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@melessa18 banau tera acha

    • @ARDG89
      @ARDG89 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      His ideas

  • @MoneyMike76
    @MoneyMike76 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Wow an amazing person with so much confidence, knowledge and intelligence He spoke the language of 21 century. just amazing and breathtaking interview May you Rest in peace you will never be forgotten Steve you gave so much to humanity You Changed the world beyond belief Thank you Mr Jobs

    • @mikolajpaluch4927
      @mikolajpaluch4927 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I Wonder What Steve Jobs Would Think About Todays IPhone

    • @lopwidth7343
      @lopwidth7343 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mikolajpaluch4927 He would have fired the designers and people responsible to approving some of the worst "features" implemented. The iphone would look nothing like it does today. Camera bump, widgets, app library, notch, the big screens, would be absent imo

    • @hastwper6682
      @hastwper6682 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@mikolajpaluch4927 he's the man of innovation. he'd have stopped making iphones past iPhone 11. And worked on a project that would help humanity in better ways.

  • @peterschmidt7543
    @peterschmidt7543 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing historical material and. I’m watching this while having (long) Saturday breakfast 2023 using a 2019 IPad A2.

  • @drinkingpoolwater
    @drinkingpoolwater 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    i was one of the kids in minnesota who steve mentioned. in 1989 i used an Apple 2 in elementary school. it was so futuristic back then to walk into a room full of computers. i still remember it to this day. this was in the minneapolis public school district. they had great facilities in those days.

    • @Zoom20102
      @Zoom20102 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I am young guy I see what Apple is heading with there technology with Apple AR iPhone iPad

  • @focusstudios1296
    @focusstudios1296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    Really interesting, and what a burn “tv always seems to aim for the lowest common denominator...” ouch
    Thanks for the great content!

    • @newmantopia
      @newmantopia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      TV has changed immeasurably since the 70s and 80s.

    • @emilepapillon2275
      @emilepapillon2275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And ironically, so does social media nowadays..

    • @NuGanjaTron
      @NuGanjaTron 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@newmantopia Yeah.... for the worse, as Steve predicted.

    • @nafnaf0
      @nafnaf0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @eblman Yep, TH-cam being much more customized can go into great detail. Some of vloggers on crypto go crazy and then can

    • @LTH.DLM.
      @LTH.DLM. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      sorry for the ignorance, but what does "lowest common denominator" stand for?

  • @hungrybandi
    @hungrybandi ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing! This clip is very inspiring to me!

  • @Digi20
    @Digi20 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    So interesting to think of the circumstance that when this interview was done only a bit over 3 decades passed since the first mechanical computers right after WW2, yet the video as of now is 41 years old. he was closer in time to those monstrous machines than to our world, yet was so on point in describing the way the world would take in the next 10-20 years that he build his entire industry and life around it. really fascinating stuff.

    • @Londonistan_Calling
      @Londonistan_Calling ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup god bless the macintosh

    • @tylerwalker492
      @tylerwalker492 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really good comparison to establish perspective!

    • @kangarht
      @kangarht ปีที่แล้ว

      first mechanical computers were one hundred years BEFORE WW2. He is just a manager talking bullshit and having no idea how any of it works

  • @chonathew
    @chonathew 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    25 years old!? Jeez, his communication skills are through the roof!

    • @TruenorthmtGod
      @TruenorthmtGod 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You believe he is 25 here. Sure keep smoking

    • @guitarmaniac004
      @guitarmaniac004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TruenorthmtGod he was 25 here though, this was filmed only a week before his 26th birthday.

    • @chonathew
      @chonathew 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TruenorthmtGod What @G B said. Also, they mention his age in the video. ALSO, what are we smoking?

    • @humbertoflores2545
      @humbertoflores2545 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TruenorthmtGod ..he was born in 1955, and this interview was in 1981, make the math..!

    • @thegoodguyalwayswins
      @thegoodguyalwayswins 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TruenorthmtGod He made Apple at 20 years old and sold millions of computers by 21 and he started out with nothing. Even people double his age cannot do that

  • @emmanuelay3956
    @emmanuelay3956 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Wow.. to finally understand where the "bicycle for the mind" tagline comes from. 5:31 to 6:20

    • @monad_tcp
      @monad_tcp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It actually comes from Alan Kay at the Xerox Parc.

  • @QSSCEO
    @QSSCEO ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Brilliant man... Who knew he would change the world of computing as we know it. It is because of the optimist like Steve that the world progresses

  • @DrDipakkumar
    @DrDipakkumar ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved to see Steve answer the question in this interview. such a visionary

  • @saiganesh3629
    @saiganesh3629 2 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    This video is from 1981, but looking at him and the confidence he's speaking with, it feels like he has strong vision how life's going to be. and for me it feels like as if smartphones and digital world was already there, where in reality in 1981 it takes a lot to dream of such things.

    • @insidiousmaximus
      @insidiousmaximus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      if you were into technology at the time it would not of taken much to think of such things it would seem obvious.

    • @bigbassjonz
      @bigbassjonz ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He said it would take about 10 years to for personal computers to really get a foothold in the home market. And he was right. We bought our first personal computer in 1990 and the rumblings of the internet were just around the corner.

    • @collin355
      @collin355 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bigbassjonz and 25 years later everybody is now a phone zombie with no person to person social skills

    • @bigbassjonz
      @bigbassjonz ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@collin355 truth.

    • @hectorescobar9450
      @hectorescobar9450 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@collin355 that is not the product’s problem, but the user.. is so silly how people scape accountability by blaming external factors

  • @Underhills
    @Underhills 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    When 1984 was the future. This was the beginning of the greatest decade of all times.

    • @flawless_undergoer
      @flawless_undergoer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I woul want so much to live it again if I could!

    • @blakeh8582
      @blakeh8582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agree, innovation, women were fit, great music, fun times

    • @maxwellschaphorst8574
      @maxwellschaphorst8574 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The greatest decade of all times hasn't happened yet

    • @djflawless8730
      @djflawless8730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I am born 2005 but from what I see it seems like 80 and 90s were the best time to be alive

    • @bobo0202
      @bobo0202 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@djflawless8730 Correct, they were great decades.

  • @Roguefoxx
    @Roguefoxx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I never tire of listening to Steve Jobs interviews.

  • @Electrichead64
    @Electrichead64 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had already studied BASIC programming on an IBM 370 mainframe by this point and knew I wanted a career in computer science at age 16. In 1985 I bought my first computer, an Apple IIe, just as a hobby to help me learn. By 1989 I had my first professional job in IT (and I'm still in it). Even though I have always been a PC guy since because I support businesses, Steve Jobs has always been one of my idols. He was earth-staggering brilliant, and I love his visions about the user experience.

  • @abhigyanganguly1988
    @abhigyanganguly1988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This clip is so candid. It really gives an insight on how he was as a person

  • @NOT_A_TOP_FAN
    @NOT_A_TOP_FAN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Jeez...the first word I think of when watching this is VISIONARY like no other.... So much of what he said is spot on 40 years later.

  • @michaelmironenko455
    @michaelmironenko455 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love how his answers sounds like stories, so the listener not just get the answer, but understands why so.

  • @ChuckstaGaming
    @ChuckstaGaming ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I was 14 then, and for me that was the best era of computing for a true computer geek. What computing has become has benefited the world massively, but I do miss the magic of those early years.
    The above interview was about 1 year before I got my CBM64 - my all time favourite computer 😁
    - I still have it!

  • @ashjogalekar8814
    @ashjogalekar8814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The thing that impresses me about this interview is the clarity which Jobs had even in 1981 about the future of computing.

    • @truthbearer7891
      @truthbearer7891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s cause he visited the Palo Alto Research Center in 1979 where group of engineers at Xerox basically built the foundation for modern computing that Jobs later copied and sold

    • @joefuentes2977
      @joefuentes2977 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@truthbearer7891 also don't forget Wozniak made the darn thing not Jobs 🤣

  • @kurtdewittphoto
    @kurtdewittphoto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I must need sleep. I was expecting this to be a video of Steve partaking in several job interviews...

    • @EstraNiato
      @EstraNiato 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Spoiler: he got fired in the end

    • @magyaradam8957
      @magyaradam8957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha best comment

  • @raymondduck6492
    @raymondduck6492 ปีที่แล้ว

    A fascinating look back, including the interview process.

  • @stefan-bayer
    @stefan-bayer ปีที่แล้ว

    I was here! Probably in the future again, because this video has a lot of nuggets in it so watching it over and over again will bring out more.

  • @noorsyyed
    @noorsyyed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    he was very clear and definitive in his thoughts and statements

  • @TREVAN
    @TREVAN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    God man... I just love the way Steve speaks so freakin much... it's so amazing... his level of awareness, his ability to use brilliant analogies to convey incredibly broad and vast ideas! Forever inspired!

    • @joshn1678
      @joshn1678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If only he'd listened to doctors and gotten actual cancer treatment, instead of thinking he could just eat fruit to cure himself.

  • @tracygore9294
    @tracygore9294 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    His grasp of the past and present lent itself to his prescience of the future. Breathtaking brilliance!

  • @multimediachile2024
    @multimediachile2024 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is amazong footage!! Cant have enough of steve jobs!!!

  • @alanmead9830
    @alanmead9830 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Apart from seeing a young Steve Jobs, it was interesting at the end to see all the raw footage and the way the camera angles are staged. He certainly nailed some big issues, like how difficult these computers were to use. But I was struck by how much my life has been affected by his early vision. I learned to program on an Apple II (like the kids from MN that he mentioned) because BASIC was the OS. You were confronted with a command prompt and you had to type BASIC code to have the computer do anything at all. As a kid using a computer lab without access to floppies or a hard drive, I found coding interesting, but most of the kids in my school had little interest or inclination. In contrast, I'm sure all the applications Steve spoke about used pre-written code and data stored on some kind of drive, which would have vastly increased the cost of the computer. Tape was the low-end storage solution, but I don't recall ever seeing a tape drive for the Apple II. I don't recall when Apple introduce graphical user interfaces, but 10 years after this interview when I could afford my first computer, they were still low-powered and hard to use. A 386SX with a 32MB HD was > $1000 and ran DOS and connected to the university modems at 2400 BAUD.

  • @mehdymoussavi8726
    @mehdymoussavi8726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This must be the best interview Ive ever seen

  • @minutesandmils3466
    @minutesandmils3466 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know it's natural to listen to how articulately Steve answers the questions - but the questions themselves were absolutely on the money!

  • @SplitRensonator
    @SplitRensonator ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I met Woz a few years back. He and Jobs really did have an uncanny view of where the world was going. Here we are. They were right.

  • @QuickZ_
    @QuickZ_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    25 years old and he had set up a complete new business area for the global market and was dominating it him self.
    When I was 25 I was still exploring alcohol and women and be part of average fun activities with no ambitions in life. Like a hamster in its wheel.
    Feels so odd in post perspective.
    At least I started getting ambitions in life as I hit 30.

    • @broclub3855
      @broclub3855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      same feelings!

    • @luigil8439
      @luigil8439 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And what new business area for the global market are you dominating now that you hit 30?

    • @mrshickadance6815
      @mrshickadance6815 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      the first 30 years of your life you develop your habits. the second 30 years your habits develop you. if you hit 30 with the habits you do want to maintain, you’ll become who you want to be.

    • @luigil8439
      @luigil8439 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Mystic Editor And you are?

    • @dailythings6052
      @dailythings6052 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@luigil8439 he is ceo of Tesla now

  • @coolie4u
    @coolie4u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The reporter has good short term memory, I wouldn't be good at resaying some of the long sentences, guess that's why most people in TV use a teleprompter (talking about the end section of this videoclip). Great video, nice to watch to get some insight from the earlier days of Apple.

  • @saniadamu7641
    @saniadamu7641 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    He was a super intelligent human being that the fast growing computer and IT world miss!

  • @randomfella8084
    @randomfella8084 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That insight for that time period is wild! If i lived in 1981, I'd have 0 clue of what was being said here. Ofcourse all of this makes sense in modern times but 1981.. he knew his shit. Excellent CEO.

  • @dylanfgarrison
    @dylanfgarrison 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Holy sh*t they only had one camera and had to reshoot all the questions from a different angle!?! Amazing :)

    • @flawless_undergoer
      @flawless_undergoer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But the year was 1981 !!! Millions of persons would give everything if they can go back and live again in this so cosy ,sweet,wonderful year , the year of their own fairtyale -like childhood or thrilling teenhood or sweet early youth....

    • @dylanfgarrison
      @dylanfgarrison 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@flawless_undergoer yep. I was 2 :). A great time to be alive.

    • @Jj-rq9sp
      @Jj-rq9sp 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh thanks for the explanation. I was wondering why he had to ask the qs again.

    • @dm8579
      @dm8579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Still pretty much a standard procedure to shoot with one camera.

  • @bitronicc1887
    @bitronicc1887 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    What would we be using personal computers in the home for, in the future?
    Well to watch this interview, of course.

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm using mine to read the comments under this interview and interacting with them.

  • @puertousbmonkey
    @puertousbmonkey ปีที่แล้ว +1

    everything he made became obsolete but his old interviews become more valuable

  • @eddiegrant7604
    @eddiegrant7604 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A very interesting view into not that long history! Thank you!

  • @murtazamohammadi9370
    @murtazamohammadi9370 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Life is really short and can not believe that he is not among us anymore, what a pity losing such a person. he made a big changes in the world of technologies, god bless him

  • @erikschaepers
    @erikschaepers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Watching this in 2021... such a hero

  • @fgaviator
    @fgaviator ปีที่แล้ว

    Haha, great raw version of the tape! Cameras were expensive back then, so the TV team had only one. So they reenacted the questions/answers to get shots of the interview from different angles.

  • @user-sf9en6sg7h
    @user-sf9en6sg7h 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I can only imagine how great this man's parents were and how wonderful his upbringing was, nature and nurture coming together in harmony.

    • @chrismichaelis7259
      @chrismichaelis7259 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think he was adopted, but we’re probably still helpful

    • @user-sf9en6sg7h
      @user-sf9en6sg7h 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chrismichaelis7259 He was, but the ones who adopted him did such a wonderful job.

  • @dhariri
    @dhariri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    "Can I take that question again?" Love that

    • @GizmoMaltese
      @GizmoMaltese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Reveals that his answers are rehearsed. He's not talking about the evolution of engines off the top of his head.

    • @aaronschulze1250
      @aaronschulze1250 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@GizmoMaltese well I guess 90% of interviews are rehearsed nowadays

    • @GizmoMaltese
      @GizmoMaltese 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@aaronschulze1250 Yeah, but when you don't know that you believe people are smarter than they really are. For all we know some flunky researched and wrote these talking points.
      Of course, Jobs was a genius but I think he was more a creative genius than a technical one.

    • @briankarcher8338
      @briankarcher8338 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@GizmoMaltese Well of course. Do you go into a job interview unprepared? And if you did go in unprepared, how well do you think you would do?

    • @GizmoMaltese
      @GizmoMaltese 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@briankarcher8338 Yeah, but here he is scripted. He went off script and had to redo it.
      When I didn't know he was basically reciting a rehearsed script, I was impressed by the depth of knowledge of historical manufacturing.
      I'mn to really knocking him. The older I get the more I realize how good people are at creating an image.

  • @thegoodguyalwayswins
    @thegoodguyalwayswins 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The crazy part is he was 25 years old here!!! wtf!!!!!!!!! He talks so much sense and reason at his young age, and he created Apple at 20!! This guy is unbelievable...

    • @FRAMEDSKATEKREW69
      @FRAMEDSKATEKREW69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There was a lot less distractions in his time, although I love entertainment I wish I would have grown without it.

    • @johnvonmartin7501
      @johnvonmartin7501 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      80s culture was the

  • @bigc2626
    @bigc2626 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Such a young man here and even then he only had 30 years left, poor guy. There was so much more left in him when he passed.

  • @jamespaul1835
    @jamespaul1835 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brilliant man. I don’t envy a lot of ways he lived personally but I appreciate his genius.

  • @JeffFlowersgoogle
    @JeffFlowersgoogle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    (paraphrasing): "Would you say that in the 21st century personal computers would be as ordinary as a fridge..." To think that the actual answer (speaking in the 21st century) is "no" - as I have one fridge and I don't know how many computers/compute clusters I have in every room of my home. Amazing.

    • @hardy2175
      @hardy2175 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What do you do? Mine bitcoin

    • @dumbanimenerd4169
      @dumbanimenerd4169 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hardy2175 I mean, I think everyone has more than one computer.

    • @libraryofthoughts0
      @libraryofthoughts0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hardy2175 Well, in a normal 2021 household you'd have plenty of computers in basically every appliance and personal computers. Fridges, TVs, consoles, lighting, kitchen appliances, clocks, laptops, tablets, phones, watches, cars, just to mention few😅 I calculated mine, and in my house i own 18 different computers.

  • @dardanthaci
    @dardanthaci 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    It still amazes me today, how he gathered insights, confidence, and eloquence on himself yet he dropped out of university.

    • @jthieme
      @jthieme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      It's because university is one of the worst places for highly creative and self starting people. University is about group think and doing things the way it's been done in the past. That's like the exact opposite of Steve Jobs.
      Im not saying that university doesn't have its place, it certainly does. But more and more, universities are becoming increasingly worthless, however more expensive.

    • @miguelfonseca9391
      @miguelfonseca9391 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Don't forget he's only 25 here

    • @skfotedar
      @skfotedar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And no TH-cam and Wikipedia

    • @Jj-rq9sp
      @Jj-rq9sp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      When you realize you are smarter than your teachers I guess the thought is what is the point. It sounded like he had a vision for the world from this video. He might have just wanted to get on with it and not waste any time. He certainly did achieve what he set out to do.
      Listening to him here I have become convinced that some people are just born different. He was only 25 and had already accomplished alot and was able to articulate so clearly his vision for the world as it relates to technology.

    • @folksurvival
      @folksurvival 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why is that amazing? Schools and universities destroy people's minds.

  • @Vivek-Kumar888
    @Vivek-Kumar888 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very inspirational man this man very inspiring for me to achieve a goal...

  • @xWIREDOGx
    @xWIREDOGx ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “Adding to man’s inherent ability he already has.” I wish he were still here to give us his insight into the exponential growth of AI.

  • @KyleJBales
    @KyleJBales 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    pretty astonishing to watch Steve talk about personal computers in 1981 on a 2018 MacBook Pro... on an iPhone, even more insane

  • @turkosmopolit633
    @turkosmopolit633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He is one of many who can visualize the world of tomorrow, but one of the few who actually implement what they visualize.

  • @HIDlarissaTERRY
    @HIDlarissaTERRY 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    thank you ;)

  • @watcher616
    @watcher616 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't know why I feel more confident and hopeful after watching this.

  • @renumalhotra2015
    @renumalhotra2015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is GOLD !

    • @chrisiden1
      @chrisiden1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      its as good as BITCOIN!!! :)

    • @renumalhotra2015
      @renumalhotra2015 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chrisiden1 crashed

  • @premrique
    @premrique 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Your answers are the foundation to an IPad Pro., when was the last time any great leader has ever had such a personal/honest interview?

  • @anonymemphis
    @anonymemphis ปีที่แล้ว

    Favorite part of this video was toward the end where they did the re-asking of questions for the final edit.
    Loved when Steve was trying to crack up the reporter by making faces when he asked the questions.

  • @ChristianMartinez-nt8vr
    @ChristianMartinez-nt8vr ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!

  • @iandennis1
    @iandennis1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Interesting on several levels. Great clip

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The interview towards the end got a bit awkward, to say the least.

  • @rx6277
    @rx6277 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The power of Steve Jobs, is that he never doubted his convictions and belief. When the path it's so strong you are like a train running on trails you know where you are going.
    The thing we should consider it's the fact that are the winners that write the history, and this is the reason why we hear only these winning stories...there are other tons of similar personalities that are were so convinced about their belief but they get them wrong....we will never hear that stories!

    • @lofivibes-techanimestudios281
      @lofivibes-techanimestudios281 ปีที่แล้ว

      100%

    • @cezartorescu
      @cezartorescu ปีที่แล้ว

      even if he never invented anything, but just exploited other people that currently are fading away in history. I bet a lot of people have no idea who Steve Wozniak is. But hey, who really appreciates the true genius :))

    • @Skeybaba
      @Skeybaba ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cezartorescu A lot less people would've known Wozniak without Steve.

    • @doctorpanigrahi9975
      @doctorpanigrahi9975 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, it's called Survivor's bias.

  • @ninedude
    @ninedude 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What an amazing interview. This guy is a genius. He was way ahead of his time. I wish I could meet him. But his legacy lives on. Yo, I'm still making beats on my original MacBook pro from 2013. What an incredible machine. 10 years old and she's still running strong, factory fresh with that new car smell. Truly. He was a master of transistor design and electric mechanical art.
    🍎🌈

  • @nimitacademy
    @nimitacademy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Watching this interview on an iPhone… his creation … sounds weird how they are discussing the feasibly of such a thing in future

  • @ChristianPecksteiner
    @ChristianPecksteiner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a great piece of history!

  • @pekodot
    @pekodot ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He looks sympathetic , the kind of guy that could be your friend. The later version of him was somehow completely different. I enjoyed the video, thanks for uploading. Apart from the historical value it was a good talk.

    • @kaohsiung99
      @kaohsiung99 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Good observation

  • @bluecheckmiya
    @bluecheckmiya ปีที่แล้ว

    I see a lot of ppl comparing themselves and I just want to say… what made Steve, Steve, was the fact that he wasn’t trying to be anyone other than Steve. He was trying to embrace his mind and his ideas and his view of the world and its future. Nothing wrong with watching and learning but if we want to get to our highest selves, we cant keep comparing and contrasting. Just worry about being you and you’ll rise.

  • @JaapVersteegh
    @JaapVersteegh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's almost scary how right he is here about so many things that only became clear to me in the late eighties/early nineties.

    • @dm8579
      @dm8579 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He really understood the potential of the technology at a time when most people didn't. But he wasn't just dreaming about it. "the best way to create the future is to invent it".