「ｉＰｈｏｎｅ」がインターネットへのアクセスや利用方法を大きく変える２年前の２００５年、ジョブズ氏は、「自分の命が限られれていることがビジョンを生む原動力になっている」と述べていた。
「自分が近く死ぬだろうという意識が、人生における大きな選択を促す最も重要な要因となっている。外部のあらゆる見方、あらゆるプライ ド、あらゆる恐怖や困惑もしくは失敗など、ほとんどすべてのことが死の前では消え失せ、真に大切なものだけが残ることになる。やがて死ぬと考えることが、 自分が何かを失うという考えにとらわれるのを避ける最善の方法だ。自分の心に従わない理由はない」
米国民は、2007年の金融危機以前には、富裕層向けの増税には総じて反対を唱えていた。それは、いつか金持ちになれると思っていたからだ。しかし、今やそうではなさそうだ。
ほとんどの有権者は年収が100万ドルに達することはないと思っており、そのためオバマ大統領の年収100万ドル以上の富裕層向け増税提案は人気を博しそうだ。
ＡＰ通信とＣＮＢＣテレビが19日までに公表した最新の共同世論調査結果によると、「今後10年間に資産が100万ドルを超えることはあり得ない」と 思っている人が79％に達した。「最近の金融市場の乱高下を受け、個別株投資に対する自信が薄らいだ」との回答は62％だった。
この調査でもっと驚くべきことは、生活は良くなるという将来への楽観的見方で、米国民は世界一の座をわずかの差でオーストラリア人に奪われたことだ。オーストラリア国民の間では、「資産が100万ドルを超えることはあり得ない」とみているのは72％だった。
ウィスコンシン州の重機オペレーターであるジェーソン・ホール氏（35）は調査結果について「誰でも百万長者になれると思うのは非現実的なのだ」と総括した。
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community: I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come. I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee. As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple. I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role. I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you. Steve Letter from Steve Jobs
Rebels swept into the center of Tripoli over the weekend, and the end appeared to be inevitable for the 42-year reign of Moammar Khadafy as leader of Libya, but government forces were still putting up sporadic resistance in pockets of the city. The whereabouts of Khadafy were unknown. He is wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague for crimes against humanity. The six-month uprising had been marked by slow progress followed by setbacks, but moved with startling speed over the weekend. Gathered here are pictures from the last few days of the fighting and celebrations. — Lane Turner
Most of us don’t get enough sleep. “As the world is getting faster and crazier, I’ve noticed sleepers around the streets, just everywhere,” writes photographer Romain Philippon. “Of course, I also see some poetry and dreamings in all of that, but the contrast is so interesting to me, people trying to escape to their condition…” Philippon is self-publishing a book on the topic called “Inconscience”. The first eight photographs in this entry are from that book. Collected here as well are more photographs of people everywhere lucky enough to find a few winks. — Lane Turner
Delivery man, in front of a shop, Kolkata, India
Sleeping taxi driver, waiting for clients. Kolkata, India
Fruit seller having a rest in Ca Mau, Vietnam
A baby sleeps while Palestinian women attempt to pass the checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the second Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on August 12, 2011.
Filipinos sleep on cardboard boxes at an evacuation center in Marikina, Philippines on June 26, 2011 after Tropical Storm Meari forced the evacuation of more than 100,000 people.
A youth sleeps while others sit in front of computers on July, 12 2011, during the Campus Party meeting in Valencia in the Principe Felipe Museum, where more than 7,000 youths can surf on the internet with an exceptionally good connection.
Anti-government protesters sleep in a makeshift tent at Tagheer Square in Sanaa, Yemen on July 12, 2011
Indian passengers sleep on a platform at the railway station in Bhubaneswar, India on July 12, 2011.
