Steve Jobs was especially good at getting us to always want the next thing. Sort of like the gangster Johnny Rocco, played by Edward G. Robinson, in the classic Humphrey Bogart movie "Key Largo". When Rocco was asked what he wanted, Bogey suggested to Rocco that Rocco always wanted "more". Rocco agreed. And Rocco also agreed he never got enough.
That is me and maybe you, when it comes to the latest Apple product or the latest electronic device. I have a vague feeling all the "more" I crave has a downside: from mining rare earth elements, all the way to the third world land fill where the dead devices ultimately land.
Now a theatrical performance, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" hits this troubling nail on the head according to a review in today's NY Times.
http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/theater/reviews/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy-of-steve-jobs-review.html?ref=arts
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