
New Gurus: 1. The Birth of the New Guru
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Steve Jobs and Primal Scream
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was a fan of Ramakrishna and Hare Krishna. The two men became friends over books they were reading together. They fasted, ate only fruit and meditated as part of their counterculture lifestyle. If Apple hadn't worked out, his plan B was to go to Japan and be a Zen monk.
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