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Really? I don't know about 1808 exactly, but history is full of accomplished individuals whose names we remember many years later. Galileo? Gutenberg? Ediso
by aasarava 18y ago
Really? I don't know about 1808 exactly, but history is full of accomplished individuals whose names we remember many years later. Galileo? Gutenberg? Edison? Ben Franklin? Marie Curie?
- azharcs 18y agoBut Hitler, Genghis Khan are always more famous than Edison or Galileo. Just like how G.W.Bush or Dick Cheney will be more famous than Sir.Tim Berners Lee for the future generation.
- unalone 18y agoYeah, but Steve Jobs and Bill Gates will be more famous than Bush or Cheney.
- vaksel 18y agoHow many people remember Rockefeller and Carnegie off the top of their head? Actually bad example, it hasn't been 200 years since those guys. How about Vanderbilt and Astor? I doubt you'll find many people who know who they are. Wealth alone doesn't get you into history books, you may fund some expedition, but it'll be Louis & Clarke who'll get into the history books.
- unalone 18y agoNot wealth, but ideas. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are not just icons of wealth, but icons of revolution, in a way. I don't think Warren Buffet will be remembered, which I find sad. But I believe Jobs will live on as a sort of legend of his own.
- aneesh 18y agoForget 200, I don't think Cheney will be remembered even 50 years from now. Quick: Who was Harry Truman's VP?
- thomasswift 18y agoFast: not the devil :)