Thanks to his mix of tech-savvy and aesthetic perfectionism, the hardware and software of choice for cutting edge techno-optimist early adopters is also the hardware and software of choice for laggard quasi-Luddite doubters like myself. And whatever my doubts about the world of Wi-Fi and smartphones and e-books, living in that world is far, far easier when your tools are intuitive as well as addictive, and beautiful as well as functional. In this sense, Steve Jobs changed my life for the better — and it would be absurd for me to claim otherwise.
Ross Douthat chimes in. The description of “laggard quasi-Luddite doubter” describes at least one of Comment’s editors who has never owned, and rarely uses, Apple products. You guess which one.
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