So constant digital interruptions, colliding double-booked appointments, no awareness of last-minute deadlines, phoned in lectures, and using tech to isolate rather than to connect. All in a world driven to the brink by fires and drought. I’ll say one thing for 1987 Apple: they did make a cyberpunk video that’s more of a warning than a utopia.

“So, your kids must love the iPad?” I asked Mr. Jobs, trying to change the subject. The company’s first tablet was just hitting the shelves. “They haven’t used it,” he told me. “We limit how much technology our kids use at home.”

Oh, okay. So you created something dangerous and bad…?