To know that you are going to die is the best way to avoid falling into the trap of thinking that you have something to lose. Steve Jobs, at Stanford University, 2005
THE world was thrown into mourning last week Wednesday October 5, 2011 by the death of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc at the youthful age of 56. Even at that youthful age, it seemed as if Jobs had always been with us since the beginning of time. His contributions at that age gave him the timelessness that wealth or political power does not confer on ordinary mortals.
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