Deadbeat Daddy

Many people don't know that Steve Jobs had an illegitimate daughter, Lisa. Steve had his first daughter with his on-again-off-again girlfriend Chrisann Brennan in 1978 and denied paternity, going so far as to argue infertility in court (he has had 3 "legitimate" children since). After he lost the case, he would visit infrequently — so little in fact that at 3 years old, she had no idea who he was! Quoting Jobs "I didn't want to be a father, so I wasn't". Although this doesn't get you a one a way ticket to the Inferno, I think the quote and his actions speak volumes of his character.

Do You Think iCare?

Since the release of the first iPhone there have been 17 suicides at the Foxconn factory in China, the factory where most of the iPhone components are manufactured. The working conditions are grueling — a million employees all doing the same repetitive, soul-destroying tasks. In response to the suicides and the controversy concerning Apple's role in the deaths Jobs is quoted as saying, "Although every suicide is tragic, Foxconn's suicide rate is well below the China average", insinuating that working conditions were not a factor at all. Pretty twisted to think of death as stats and numbers, but hey, who am I to talk? I've got a "Steve's Time in Hell" counter on my homepage.

Steve iScrewed Charity Programs

When Jobs returned to Apple after the NeXT acquisition in 1997, he had an agenda. High on his list was cutting funding for all corporate philanthropic programs. This goal was accomplished within only a few short weeks of his return. He reasoned that it was necessary until he could bring the company back to profitability; however, when the company recorded profits of $309 million in 1998, there was no rebuilding of the philanthropic programs seen before the cuts. In fact, under Jobs, it wasn't until 2006 with the arrival of Product Red iPods that another philanthropic program was established. Destination: Hell.

Morality Scales

In Steve Jobs' 37 year career, you'd be hard pressed to find a time when he used his wealth, influence, or technological genius to help humanity. Compare Jobs to Bill Gates, a man who has donated over 28 billion dollars to charity, largely composed of vaccines for 250 million children in third world countries, preventing an estimated 5 million deaths. On the scales of morality, this comparison is pretty lopsided. I'm not questioning his influence on technology, his technological genius, or his drive for success; I'm simply conveying the fact that if there is a hell, Jobs is probably in it.