Summary
It was not in Steve Jobs' nature to nurture. But it is impossible to read the operatic story of Jobs' life without pondering the relative roles of nature and nurture.
Would this mesmerizing, infuriating man have gone on to found Apple had he been raised by his biological parents, or adopted by different parents, or raised in a different place than Silicon Valley on the cusp of the computer age? What unknowable alchemy of genes and upbringing turned Steve Jobs into Steve Jobs?See the full content of this document
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Walter Isaacson's new biography of Jobs wisely does not attempt a definitive answer. But the contrapuntal themes of nature and nurture resonate throughout the fascinating narrative.
Jobs' biological parents wer...See the full content of this document
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