Mike Daisey wrote an opinion piece for the New York Times arguing against Jobs hagiography. Some might say “too soon,” but it’s a compelling piece, with much to think about.
The Steve Jobs who founded Apple as an anarchic company promoting the message of freedom, whose first projects with Stephen Wozniak were pirate boxes and computers with open schematics, would be taken aback by the future that Apple is forging. Today there is no tech company that looks more like the Big Brother from Apple’s iconic 1984 commercial than Apple itself, a testament to how quickly power can corrupt.