A little plastic, a little glass, and a reason to rule all, that is myself- Marcus Aurelius if he was a computer. It is with these powerful words in mind that Steve Jobs (probably) set out to usher in the information age by providing every man, woman, and child with the means to access an increasingly intelligent, versatile series of electronic brains capable of processing and performing ever-more complex tasks in an ever-more complex and evolving digital universe. Was he pleased that the most complex task most people ask of their personal electronic brains was the occasional game of solitaire or the provision of a video of cats playing the piano? Unlikely, and now that Mr. Jobs is eleven years dead, we are unlikely to ever find out. That doesn’t mean people aren’t going to try to get into the head of this titanic and still-controversial figure o ...