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Most people have no concept of how an automatic transmission works, yet they know how to drive a car. You don't have to study physics to understand the laws of motion to drive a car. You don't have to understand any of this stuff to use Macintosh.

Most people have no concept of how an automatic transmission

Topics: car, People, work By Steve Jobs

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