Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World Highlight

In a competitive system like theirs, restrictions only serve to help distinguish those who can figure out how to surpass them, people for whom Can and Should collapsed—men like Dave Packard, who wouldn’t accept state limits on his profits, and Steve Jobs, who wouldn’t accept anything at all he didn’t like. They’re the ones who set the pace, for the town, the country, and the world.