Jobs compares the crafting of a great idea with the long and arduous task of slowly refining a dusty, ugly rock into a polished beauty.

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And we congratulate ourselves for preserving nature's beauty in an ecosystem that, beneath its shimmering emerald surface, reflects our own ugly ability to destroy.

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