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Nov 2025
56m 6s

Steve Wozniak: The Engineer Who Built Ap...

Shane Parrish
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Steve Wozniak is the engineer who built Apple. Then he did something Silicon Valley still doesn't understand: he gave millions of his own money away to early employees, walked away from power, and refused to play the game everyone else was playing. While HP rejected his design and competitors built walled gardens, Wozniak's philosophy of open architecture ... Show More
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