Edward Snowden nominated for TIME's person of the year(poy.time.com) |
Edward Snowden nominated for TIME's person of the year(poy.time.com) |
This entire poll is, like any poll, a popularity contest. If you think Edward Snowden is more popular than Miley Cyrus, then you're far too isolated and need to leave the tech bubble to talk to some humans.
Cyrus:
Yes: 4.7k
No: 16.5k
Snowden:
Yes: 35.5k
No: 2.3k
[0] http://predictionbook.com/predictions/22251 (I feel 80% certain but am correcting this to 70% for obvious reasons)
In 2012, something similar was done [2].
2013? Yup. http://www.dailydot.com/news/time-person-of-the-year-miley-c...
Anyway, my point is that the Time poll isn't even a reflection of popularity.
The 2013 article also covers these 2 topics.
1. http://musicmachinery.com/2009/04/27/moot-wins-time-inc-lose...
2. http://www.dailydot.com/society/hackers-time-person-year-kju...
Hitler was it in 1938. Surprisingly Giuliani was chosen over OBL in 2001. Then we have Khomeini in 1979. Stalin won twice.
I think Snowden fits perfectly here and not it's not necessarily an honor.
I can't think of a lamer (from a non-US view) controversy than the twerking, it's right up there with "maldrobe malfunction".
So what ever you feel about Snowden (or Cyrus) really doesn't mean they couldn't win. Hitler won for fuck's sake.
Cf. moot and /b/'s votespamming.
http://poy.time.com/2013/11/25/vote-now-who-should-be-times-...
They picked Hitler in 1938.
without a question he has had the largest impact on modern history of a single individual from the past 100 years.
http://www.dailydot.com/news/time-person-of-the-year-miley-c...
i applaud his bravery but its utterly misguided, as is all of the hype around this.
whilst i'm sure the specifics are very helpful i still wonder "well what did you think the NSA and GCHQ were doing if not /their jobs that we pay them to do/"
the naivete of the web elite is constantly disappointing.
edit: tempted to delete because it is yet another rage response to this situation, but curious to see how it goes.
That Miley is in the lead is sad commentary indeed.
That Snowden is a known figure is even sadder.
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No vote from me.
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/jul/fritzh... ber/
I'd disagree on Oppenheimer though - other than his media popularity for the famous comment on the atom bomb and the trial, his contributions to physics, whilst considerable, are easily trumped by his contemporaries in that field. Dirac, Feynmann, Einstein, Pauli, Fermi to name a few...
Its an interesting topic for discussion to be fair. Probably worth more thought than I give it credit...
