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Yeah, but Steve Jobs and Bill Gates will be more famous than Bush or Cheney.

• vaksel 18y ago
  How 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 ago
    Not 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.
    • brent 18y ago
      Weren't Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Vanderbilt "icons of revolution"? I mean, oil, steel, and shipping are more important than ipods, right?
      • unalone 18y ago
        Not to the masses they weren't. But let's see who remembers Henry Ford nowadays. He's the icon of that era.