Jobs Embodied Spirit
that Still Makes America Great
"The
best thing about living here, particularly in the vicinity of Harvard campus, is
being able to closely watch that permanent state of restlessness which, even with
the current crisis, is far from extinguished."
Steve Jobs sums up what is
best and most enchanting about the United States - and it is something I want (very
much) to see in Brazil. He is a symbol of the nation’s reverence for
entrepreneurship and its spirit of innovation. Taking risks and encouraging
talent in order to innovate is deep in the soul of the American people.
That is just one of the things
that explain why, in recently-released ratings for higher education, the United
States has so many universities among the best in the world. What wins praised
in U.S. universities is less about how to teach or even what is taught, but about
producing relevant innovations - changing the world. Hence
the importance of going beyond the campus and establishing partnerships with both
government and businesses.
That is what allows companies
like Microsoft, Google or Facebook to begin on university campuses and
dormitories - or even technology parks to be set up around them.
Jobs didn’t even have a university
degree. But he benefited from this innovative environment, since he grew up in a
Silicon Valley largely driven by Stanford.
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He was the quintessential innovator,
turning his garage (literally) into a combination laboratory and center of
innovation.
People like him represent a daily message to the younger generation
to be bold, to think big, to take risks and to be entrepreneurs.
The best thing about living
here, particularly in the vicinity of Harvard campus, is to have the capacity to closely
watch that permanent state of restlessness which, even with the current crisis,
is far from extinguished.
Gilberto Dimenstein, 54, is a member of the Editorial Board of Folha and lives in the United States, where he
was invited to develop a communication project for citizenship at Harvard
University.
