Buddhism stresses compassion and identifies desire and the ego as the causes of suffering. Steve Jobs was, you could say, "interpersonally abrasive" and made a fortune by encouraging people to want devices built using slave labor from raw materials whose extraction harms people living nearby. You need a new one every year, too.
In that sense, Steve Jobs was about as Buddhist as the "prosperity gospel" people are Christian.
Richard Stallman was correct that the death of Steve Jobs was a good thing.
In that sense, Steve Jobs was about as Buddhist as the "prosperity gospel" people are Christian.
Richard Stallman was correct that the death of Steve Jobs was a good thing.