"[Real heroes] want a world where everybody has access to the best technology, to the best hospitals, and making money is a side effect of contributing in a non

"[Real heroes] want a world where everybody has access to the best technology, to the best hospitals, and making money is a side effect of contributing in a non evil way to the development of our culture." I think that was pretty much true for Steve Jobs. See the Stanford speech where he says he's not interested in being the richest dead guy in the cemetary. You can't just give away your product for free because than you go bankrupt. Also, concentration of wealth --- by charging a healthy price --- was in the case of Apple a net win for all of us, because it gave them the resources and peace-of-mind to work on the Next Big Thing.