Steve Jobs’ Reality Distortion Field

Tue 06/19/07

“Reality distortion field is a term coined …to describe…Steve Jobs’ charisma…In essence, RDF is the idea that Steve Jobs is able to convince people to believe almost anything with a mix of charm, charisma, exaggeration, and marketing. RDF is said to distort an audience’s sense of proportion or scale. Small advances are applauded as breakthroughs. Interesting developments become turning points, or huge leaps forward. RDF focuses less on outright deception and more on warping the powers of judgment.”
(via Wikipedia)

3 Comments

  1. Daniel

    I love that there’s a Wikipedia entry about this.

    Tue 06/19/07 at 12:31 pm

  2. Anthony

    It might be that I am a recent Mac convert, but I thought Steve Jobs seemed really smarmy and even arrogant when he and Bill Gates shared the stage during that recent joint interview. I know Apple is the “better” product with a “cooler” consumer base, but he seems to forget that Bill is worth about 100 of him.

    Tue 06/19/07 at 1:44 pm

  3. Chris Merritt

    Stever Jobs is one of my personal heroes.

    Tue 06/19/07 at 8:45 pm

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