Jobs was a crucial cultural resource -- which explains the outpouring of sadness at his passing. As social organisms obeying the directives of energy and reproduction, we can't help it.
But it is a sign of the incredible spiritual poverty of our time that gadgets like an iPhone or an iPod can be thought of as things which fundamentally change our lives, for they do not.
Is it possible that losing a man as recognizable and prolific as Steve Jobs will be what it takes for the community at large to stand up to pancreatic cancer?
Along with his ingenious body of work, Steve Jobs gave us a character to parse. He was an evangelical in a black turtleneck, a temperamental obsessive...
Steve Jobs died on Wednesday at the age of 56, causing a communal mourning that shook the internet. He was quite possibly the greatest inventor of ou...
NEW YORK -- An authorized biography of Steve Jobs was high on best-seller lists within hours of Apple's announcement of his death. And publisher Simon...
Tuesday, the live feed of the MacWorld keynote was hacked, leading to the terse message "STEVE JOBS JUST DIED" getting publicly displayed on the internet, an epic mess that caused Twitter feeds to be pulled down.