"I can't think of another book as well-made as this one. It is well designed, illustrated, and diagramed. The writing is excellent, the subject matter important and new. The book is inexpensive. Altogether Eye and Brain lets you see how crappy most books are."
This introductory paragraph to the Eye and Brain book sounds exactly like something Steve Jobs would say. A smart straight forward description and promotion of the product followed by a quick slap in the face to others like it; typical Jobs style. This reminded me of Jobs's commencement speech at Stanford where he says something along the lines of how there wouldn't have ever been personal computers like this today if it weren't from himself because really Windows just stole from Apple (a great inspirational statement followed by that slap in the face to Windows).
Eye and Brain also reminded me of Jobs in the sense that the book focuses on the way in which the eyes and brain perceive objects in every day life. Jobs's particular attention to detail and beauty in his products is something he takes pride in because he understands the importance of how an object is perceived by someone. Jobs understands that a product needs to be both good in quality as well as aesthetically pleasing to the customer to be the most successful.
Jobs strives to make each product better and better with each detail that goes into the production, focusing on design and function as well as the way the consumer will perceive the product. In a similar manner, this book, as well as many others in the Whole Earth Catalog, shows the reader how to better themselves in the sense of brain perception to objects. Understanding how the brain perceives objects can help someone better understand themselves.
I wish the image was just a little bigger so I could see the writing. The choice is interesting, but your interpretation could be stronger in tying this more deeply to Jobs and the vision of Apple.
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