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The iPhone Is Bigger Than Donald Trump

• mc32 10y ago
  It's hard to read this when one of the points they use to distinguish themselves from provincial Americans is that they prove their cosmopolitanality by stressing they fly often, including just having been to Lisbon, and one on the way to SF. Way to set yourself apart by highlighting carbon footprint and disposable income and consumerism. I think I spotted a disconnect.
  • jakobegger 10y ago
    Yeah, that bit seemed slightly out of touch... but that wasn't really the point of the article, and if you look beyond that and just consider the big picture idea, I think the author is absolutely right.
• astrodust 10y ago
  It's not that the iPhone is bigger than Donald Trump, but that political leaders are only remembered if they're apocalyptically bad (Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin) or put in exceedingly difficult situations (FDR, Churchill). The others get forgotten almost as quickly as they leave office. Who was George W. Bush again? Political leaders often have little impact on the timeline of history, though there are exceptions. Kennedy (space race, being assassinated) and Reagan (cold war) stand out as two notable examples in recent times where their actions had a measurable effect on the world. Most of politics is far more mundane. An effective leader might not have any pyramid-scale achievements and yet still have done a great job. Sadly they're often forgotten, not unlike some IT worker who is never given credit for the things that didn't happen because of their hard work.
• ryanx435 10y ago
  look. an article filled to the brim with value signaling, with a clickbait title to match.