Genius

About 20 years ago Carlo Maria Guilini left his post as the principal conductor of the LA Philharmonic.  He was interviewed before he went back to his native Italy and the interviewer said that many people thought him a genius.  Guilini said that he did not consider himself one as he believed that a genius was someone whose impact on society was so great than when it ended the world had lost something irreplaceable.

          Genius is a term often thrown around, but ever since that interview, I’ve always thought the definition correct.

          Yesterday we lost a true genius with the sad death of Steve Jobs.  Applying the same template to his life, it is easy to see that now he has gone, all of us will be adversely affected.  His vision reached into nearly everyone’s lives and now that he has gone he cannot be replaced.