Steve Jobs, saintly and flawed...

Look, it's good that we want to celebrate our fellow humans in death, and see them as heroic, inspirational, etc. And probably (possibly) Steve Jobs was a good human being-- a good friend, a good husband, and so on. But he also treated Africa like a raw goods depot (at all costs, including that of human life), and treated China like a slave factory/garbage dump. He's probably responsible for creating more e-waste than any other person on earth. And while his business model was successful, it also embodies pretty much everything that's wrong with modern capitalism-- endless production and expansion, endless obsolescence and consumption, and no meaningful active concern for the long-term well-being of the planet or those who live on it. Of course, I'm writing this on my shiny new MacBook, so...