Deus Ex Machina - Apple and the Ghost of Steve Jobs (Myth20c - Ep270)

Since its founding in 1976, Apple has been at or near the center of personal computing. Led by legendary founder Steve Jobs, who described the company as lying at the intersection between liberal arts and technology, Apple pioneered the introduction of the graphical user interface, the music player, and the smartphone to everyday people around the world. Since his passing, however, the company, led by former operations manager Tim Cook, has delivered strong unit growth and profit numbers, but has not been able to introduce a revolutionary new product or paradigm in the way we think about the world of information technology. To the question of has the soul of the company left the building permanently, we are joined tonight by returning guest Woe, from the excellent Stone Choir podcast, to share his perspectives as an over 15 year Apple veteran on the company’s place in the culture of Silicon Valley and the broader moral issues in the coming era of artificial intelligence.

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-- References --

- Blood Meridian, McCarthy (1985)
- Steve Jobs, Isaacson (2011)
- Ex Machina, Garland (2014)
- After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul, Mickle (2022)
- Apple M1 Chip: Everything You Need to Know, Clover (2022) - https://www.macrumors.com/guide/m1/
- Stone Choir - Christian Nationalism, Myth of the 20th Century (2023) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2023/08/06/stone-choir-christian-nationalism/
- The Big Lie, Stone Choir (2023) - https://stone-choir.com/the-big-lie/
- Stone Choir - After Dark - Good vs Evil, Myth of the 20th Century (2023) - https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2023/10/02/stone-choir-after-dark-good-vs-evil/
- Apple is reportedly exploring a partnership with Google for Gemini-powered feature on iPhones, Mehta (2024) - https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/17/apple-is-reportedly-exploring-a-partnership-with-google-for-gemini-powered-feature-on-iphones/
- Technology, Stone Choir (2024) - https://stone-choir.com/technology/
- This is what dismantling the Apple Car project looks like, Potuck (2024) - https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/02/what-dismantling-the-apple-car-project-looks-like/