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Cites Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford commencement

2026-08-07 · 17:15 UTC ·@kaursonie20 ·1 min read

Brief

The post invokes Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford speech—use mortality as a decision tool—and contrasts cheap vs expensive items (e.g., $20 vs $200 watch; $25,000 vs $120,000 car) to argue possessions don't produce true happiness. It concludes with concrete life rules about parenting, health, loyalty, kindness, and collaboration: speed alone, distance together.

Why it matters

Cites Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford commencement: "remembering you’re going to die is the most important tool for making real decisions," framing time as limited and urging people not to live someone else's life.

Key details

  • Argues material wealth doesn't change essential outcomes — a $20 watch vs a $200 watch, a $25,000 car vs a $120,000 car, a small apartment vs a mansion, first class vs economy — loneliness at 3 a.m. or a plane crash’s fall are the same.
  • Offers practical rules: don't teach kids to chase money; "eat like food is medicine" or medicine will be the only food left; people who truly love you stay despite excuses; distinguish being human from being kind; "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."
Source evidence

Steve job quotes are very inspirational 🫡

Camus (@newstart_2024)

In his 2005 Stanford commencement speech, Steve Jobs said the clearest thing he ever said about time: remembering you’re going to die is the most important tool for making real decisions. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

The rest follows naturally once you sit with that.

A $20 watch and a $200 watch both tell the same time.
A cheap wallet and an expensive one hold the same cash.
A $25,000 car and a $120,000 car drive on the same roads and arrive at the same place.
A small apartment and a mansion leave you equally alone at 3 a.m. if no one is there.
First class or economy, if the plane goes down, the fall is the same.

True happiness doesn’t come from the objects. It comes from having people you can actually talk to, and from treating yourself and others with a basic level of care.

The practical reminders stay useful:

Don’t teach kids to chase money. Teach them to notice what actually makes a day feel full.
Eat like food is medicine, or one day medicine will be the only food left.
The people who really love you find reasons to stay even when they have every excuse to leave.
There’s a difference between being human and being kind.
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

— https://nitter.net/newstart_2024/status/2085739804264669457#m