Do Bezos and Zuckerberg Have a Life Philosophy?

Jared Diamond says he is not aware of Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg having a philosophy of life beyond their business. The business leader he admires as a person is the Patagonia leader he knows. For the Patagonia leader, as with John Wooden, Patagonia is a model for life, and he has a philosophy of life. Steve Jobs had a philosophy of life as regards business.

Jared Diamond has had several lengthy conversations with Bill Gates and likes him. People who met Bill Gates under other circumstances hold different views. Jared Diamond met Elon Musk once and met Jeff Bezos once, and he does not know many leaders in the business world. The Patagonia leader emphasized time off for his staff and Patagonia being sustainable. He had the opportunity to acquire more cotton and produce more product, and he chose not to acquire more cotton because he did not want to overdevelop cotton agriculture. He is or was a full person. He did the first ascent of the most difficult face in Yosemite and was a top rank mountaineer. Jared Diamond knows him and wrote the preface for his autobiography. After Steve Jobs had been fired the first time, he was brought back to Apple a second time. Instead of Apple producing a hundred products, Steve Jobs said Apple should produce four. The products should look nice, they should be attractive, and they should be easy to handle. Jared Diamond sets them against the remote he and his wife use to watch the World Soccer Cup on TV. The remote has 47 buttons, and they had to call up their sons each time to learn how to operate it.