Which of these personalities will still be remembered by most of the world in 500 years?
And which will soon fade into obscurity?
None of these guys did anything except Isaac Newton
Trump
The first felon president?
First? 🤣
Isaac stole a lot too. A better question would be who has done the most for the world. We know about scientists because we are forced to study them in school.
That's not a better question, it's an altogether different question...
V2Momma will always be remembered
Unless any of the theories are proven to be incorrect later on, people will still learn the Newton's laws of physics at school, Einstein's theory of relativity in college, and Hawking's Hawking radiation in physics grad school (or whatever school that is). On the other hand, no one would remember Microsoft, FAANG or the banana jokes we make today.
Bill gates has arguably done more than anyone. Will he be remembered? Not unless he starts creating structures that will persist long after his death. His focus is more on getting shit done though.
Ya. Being remembered is overrated. In the long run (think millions of years) our race would most likely be extinct.
One of his goals is not to create a financial legacy, his foundation has instructions to spend 100% of the money within N years of his (and Melinda's) death (I forget the exact N, but it's not large). His name will still end up on some buildings, but the focus is definitely on solving problems in the present.
So what question am I answering
Define “soon” as less than 500 years and two intersect to form a single well defined question