Not coincidentally, that's how people describe the experience of taking psychedelic drugs. It feels profoundly artificial yet deeply real, both high-tech and earthy-crunchy, human and mystically divine — in a word, transcendent. Jobs had this experience. He said that taking LSD was one of the two or three most important things he'd ever done. "He said there were things about him that people who had not tried psychedelics — even people who knew him well, including his wife — could never understand," John Markoff reported for the Times.

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The Huffington Post published a previously-unseen letter from LSD creator Albert Hofmann to Steve Jobs, who has in the past praised LSD's influence on his creative thinking.

The letter itself isn't too illuminating; Hofmann was an incredible 101 years old at the time of writing, and merely mentions that he knew Jobs had mentioned LSD in a positive light in the press. Hofmann asks whether Jobs would like to contribute to an LSD-assisted psychotherapy study, and colorfully asks for Jobs's assistance in turning his "problem child" (Hofmann's pet name for LSD) into a "wonder child."


I understand from media accounts that you feel LSD helped you creatively in your development of Apple computers and your personal spiritual quest. I'm interested in learning more about how LSD was useful to you.

But the story around the letter, and Jobs's affiliation with the hallucinogen, are pretty interesting. Check out the original text (Hofmann's got great handwriting for a guy 101 years old) and background over at HuffPo, and read our exhaustive summary of the life of Steve Jobs here. [Huffington Post, thanks Caitlin!]

Steve Jobs never designed any apple hardware. Steve Wozniak made the first apple computer and Jonathon Ive designed the iphone. Jobs also has a daughter that he abandoned, even though one of their older computers (Lisa) was named after her. Fuck him.

I like Mac OS not because I think its special or innovative, but because its a linux based OS that has widespread third party support, the main downfall of a tradition Linux OS. He was a marketer/salesman, nothing more.

Apple founder dies at age 56

The i-pod, i-pad, i-phone and MAC has had a huge impact on the world as we know it.

It a shame he didnt get the opportunity to see his vision develope allot further.

And do you all know that 36000 children dies every day (from curable diseases and hunger) ? Nobody talk about that. Why so much talk about this person ? He was born, lived and died like all of us.

I say R.I.P all good people , why make differences no one is better than someone else.

who cares about steve jobs? Not me..

people die every day alpha..that is my point. It is not a huge deal.

So when you're mom dies - how'd you like me saying, "Hey fractal - not a huge deal. People die every day."

Kinda insensitive IMO.

Just for the record, isn't bill gates giving away 95% of his fortune to good causes? He is an aya head also btw.

who cares about steve jobs? Not me.. I personally dont find his presence in the world to have been a super great thing. He was a guy that made computer stuff..big deal? what did he do with it? It is just like bill gates...he made alot of stuff..sure. Someone would have have come up with it either way..technology is great an all but what have these people done with the billions of dollars they have made to really make the world a better place? He was just a guy never did any more or less than any other guy imo..he was def no humanitarian..

So when you're mom dies - how'd you like me saying, "Hey fractal - not a huge deal. People die every day."

I don't think that's a fair assessment. First of all, plenty of people talk about those deaths from hunger, diseases, famine etc. Why do you think there are so many charities dedicated to helping those causes? Why do you think the US sends so much foreign aid to countries where those types of deaths happen?

Secondly, the statement "no one is better than someone else" is totally close minded. How can you not say someone who lives their life caring for others, donates to lots of charities and is well-liked is not better than a serial killer or rapist? I'm not saying Steve Jobs was any of those things, but he was certainly a better person than many simply because he did not murder anyone and helped advance the world through his contributions to computer/software technology.

It's close minded to see the world in that way and think we are all the same, and one person's death doesn't have more impact than another's.
A man who did a lot for computer technology and was well-known obviously had more meaning attached to his life and death than a child who only lived a few years in Africa and died of starvation(whether or not this is justified is another issue). I'm not saying either of those deaths is acceptable, just that one has more meaning attached to it because of the things he did in his life.