Sorry - you have made this up out of whole cloth. It's not what he said, and not a reasonable inference.
By calling Gates unimaginative Jobs was referring to the fact that he didn't have any more ideas about how to advance the computing industry which is why he had left to do philanthropy.
He wasn't criticizing Gates for caring, rather he was criticizing him for not having more to contribute to the industry.
The first two of those statements do seem to be implied by the quote from Jobs, but the third seems like something you made up. What part of the quote justifies it?
So, in Jobs's view, philanthropy is something that is done by a person who is lesser than Jobs, because he is lesser than jobs, but this isn't dismissive of philanthropy as a goal worthy of Jobs's attention?
I don't know what to say to you then. I guess we just disagree on how to read this sentence. I think 90% of readers would agree with me, and I assume you think 90% of readers would agree with you. We seem to be at an impasse.
Sorry - you have made this up out of whole cloth. It's not what he said, and not a reasonable inference.
By calling Gates unimaginative Jobs was referring to the fact that he didn't have any more ideas about how to advance the computing industry which is why he had left to do philanthropy.
He wasn't criticizing Gates for caring, rather he was criticizing him for not having more to contribute to the industry.