I agree that it's a matter of scale. Some people move the dial so much that they effect change in the present and in the foreseeable future. You could say these

I agree that it's a matter of scale. Some people move the dial so much that they effect change in the present and in the foreseeable future. You could say these people matter more than most others. However, to say that most of what we do doesn't matter is a denial of one's own life.