Field of distortion of reality

The Champ of distortion of reality (CDR) is a term of the Jargon of computing industry, and indicates the effect that the founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, has on his employees: in its presence, those would be thorough to announce unrealizable times of completion. CDR has effects comparable with those of a Magnetic field, but in the spirits. The expression is allotted to Bud Tribble, which draws it from Star Trek, and goes back to 1981: he invents it to describe the Charisme Jobs and his effects on the teams working with the development of first Mac, making them accept so that they made and making them cut down mountains of work to conclude the project. The majority of the people are conscious of the effect, but cannot fight against, and finish by it accepting, the effects of the growing blurred charisma of Jobs when this one moves away, as if it were really surrounded by such a field.

Later, the expression is used to describe the devotion of the users of Macintosh. CDR describes the fact that Steve Jobs seems able to convince no matter whom to believe anything, thanks to a mixture of charm, moderated exaggeration, and consumed marketing.

One of the most particular effects of the field of distortion of reality is the total modification of the direction of the proportion or the scale in a public. Minor progress is greeted like revolutions; interesting innovations become major innovations; decisions taken under the pressure of the consumers or competition become futuristic visions.

The expression is sometimes used for other managers of undertakings of industries high-tech, trying to impassion their employees for their projects, without considering whole competition.

See too

CDR according to Andy Hertzfeld

Foundation and Empire, of Isaac Asimov (character of the Mule )

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