Time’s annual list of the 100 Most Influential People just came out, so check it out if you have time. Pay special attention to who wrote each entry, as that’s often the best part. Of course, Deval Patrick wrote Barack Obama’s, and Joe Lieberman wrote John McCain’s. Hillary Clinton wrote an entry for Michelle Bachelet, the current President of Chile, and begins her second paragraph, “This was a woman who had overcome so much….” Not to be outdone, Bill Clinton wrote an entry for Tony Blair, starting, “When my friend Tony Blair stepped down as U.K. Prime Minister last year, I advised him to take some time off with his family…”, and our friend Joe Stiglitz ‘64 wrote one for Bolivian President Evo Morales. There are some other gems in there, so post your favorite.
If you’re interested, Joel Stein (of I Love the ’80s fame) also wrote a hilarious article about trying to rank the list, and using some preliminary figures he came up with these results. Aaron, Radiohead clocks in at #20.
5 responses so far ↓
1 irradient (yhuang11) // May 3, 2008 at 1:29 pm
I especially like the one by Randy Pausch–his last lecture definitely worth watching.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733756_1736194,00.html
2 Aaron Nathan (anathan10) // May 4, 2008 at 9:02 pm
By my metric, Radiohead blows away the competition. Think about it: if Vladmir Putin tried to “influence” you, you’d probably ignore him, like your mother telling you to clean your room. But if Radiohead asked, say, for a ride to the airport….
QED.
3 Scott Smith (ssmith09) // May 6, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Especially check out the wonderful picture they used for our American President.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733757_1735529,00.html
What do you think, emerging from the pits of hell or fading into the shadows of Nixon-Hoover-Jackson presidential memory?
4 Meredith Case (mcase10) // May 8, 2008 at 10:27 am
Scott, that picture gets weirder the more I look at it. Now he just looks like a less fun version of Nearly Headless Nick.
5 dtemin10 (dtemin10) // May 9, 2008 at 1:52 am
Check out the entry for Yoani Sanchez:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733756_1735878,00.html
She seems to be one of the few who would also be on a list of most inspiring people.
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