Most important person alive?

[Trading]

I added most of the customary people.

Plus Ben Bernanke (he saved the world economy in 2008-2009, with his expansive monetary policy), Mario Draghi (he saved the euro and the EU, with his monetary police and famous speech), Shinya Yamanaka (work on malaria saved millions of people) and Tu Youyou (stem cells: Nobel 2012).

I'll add more people based on good argumentation or three votes.

I'm not going to be neutral. I voted for Elon Musk.

I have posted some text critical of Elon Musk's plans for the colonization of Mars.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1741917.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5188448.0

But I left clear that what he is doing with SpaceX is very important and I'm following his achievements with interest and applause.

I have little doubt that Musk is currently the most important person alive.

Not because (according with some calculations) he is currently the richest person alive.

Not because of what he is doing with SpaceX. I doubt SpaceX will change the life of many people in the next 20 years. Read the above posts.

Currently, the main reason for my vote is what he achieved with Tesla.

No, it's not because Tesla it self. Tesla doesn't sell enough cars to make a big change on it self.

Musk main achievement with Tesla was to force all the other major companies to start creating and selling electric cars. This will make a dent on carbon emissions, since global warming is our main threat.

This won't be enough to save us from trouble. Far from it. But it's a start.

Another major action from Musk was his promise to pay a big reward to any developer of a cost effective way to capture carbon from the atmosphere.

Basically, currently, this technology is the only one that can save us from the serious consequences of global warming.

It's more than clear that we are not going to be able to reduce substantially carbon emissions and we are in serious trouble.

A few countries will meet their promises targets. Mainly the demographically decadents, like the Europeans, Japan, Korea.

For the same reason, perhaps, also Russia, even if they don't seem to be very concerned with the problem.

In due time, maybe also the Chinese. They are in the same boat of the demographically decadents, about to starting to lose population.

But forget about India and specially the Africans countries. They are still increasing their populations. The second ones by a lot. Their emissions are going to explode.

We are basically in serious trouble. Unless we start capturing carbon from the atmosphere faster than we are emitting it.

But we have to start now spending a lot building better systems, because the current ones are a disaster: costly and slow.

Again Musk initiative might have an important impact, since our bright governments are still blind to the need for serious investments in this area.

His Neuralink might also change the world, because of the risks of AI: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1538764.0

[BADecker]

We need to get more carbon into the atmosphere to help plants grow stronger when they breathe it in.

Jesus is the most important person alive.

[OgNasty]

I think it's important to remember that nobody is irreplaceable.  However, that being said, given the extreme amount of money held and his desire to make mankind a multiplanetary species while also switching us from gasoline powered internal combustion engines to electric cars, it seems like Elon Musk would certainly win the MVP for mankind this year if such a thing were to exist currently.

You can always argue that the President of the US is the most important person alive given the power he wields, but I think at this point we all know that position is more easily replaceable than most of us are at our day jobs.

[WNTRjon]

Vladimir Putin, and I do not think it is really close.

[Mauser]

Interesting question, a year ago I would have probably said Elon Musk, but now I am not sure anymore. He did much for Space engineering, so far it remains unknown if he will actually succeed in bringing people to Mars. 20 years ago this would have probably been Bill Gates. Only question I have is why is there Mario Draghi on your list, don't really understand why the Italian prime minister should the most important person alive. Wouldn't it be better to add the President of USA, Russia or China? They seem like they have more power.

[Moreforless]

We need to get more carbon into the atmosphere to help plants grow stronger when they breathe it in.

Jesus is the most important person alive.

Only right answer

[Cnut237]

I'd say Xi Jinping. US presidents don't have the same level of influence within their own nation as Xi does in China, and are limited to (at most) 8 years in charge. Xi's term doesn't end until he does.

I don't think Elon Musk is very important. He's certainly wealthy and successful, but he wouldn't be anywhere near the top of the list.

We need to get more carbon into the atmosphere to help plants grow stronger when they breathe it in.

Don't be silly. We've discussed this before. That's a ludicrous oversimplification of how the science works.

[BADecker]

We need to get more carbon into the atmosphere to help plants grow stronger when they breathe it in.

Don't be silly. We've discussed this before. That's a ludicrous oversimplification of how the science works.

Of course it's an oversimplification. Anybody who is serious can research photosynthesis for starters.

As for talking about it before, that's great. We talk about a lot of things more than once. So, don't be such a bore.

[Gyfts]

It always has to be the guy with the most nukes who has political power over a large country, so whoever the US President is at the time.

Reason I wouldn't say Russia's President is because their economy is too small to afford war, so they won't participate in international affairs. China's leadership could also take the spot, but they seem less aggressive than Russia, yes, even after their aggression towards Hong Kong and Taiwan. If you consider their aggression in the South China Sea then they may beat out Russians, but my order goes Presidents of 1.) US 2.) Russia 3.) China.

[Mpamaegbu]

Jesus is the most important person alive.

Apt!

Almost the world population has heard or read about Him.

[MIldic1c]

We need to get more carbon into the atmosphere to help plants grow stronger when they breathe it in.

Jesus is the most important person alive.

Only right answer

No one surpassed.

[sisikin]

I'd say Xi Jinping. US presidents don't have the same level of influence within their own nation as Xi does in China, and are limited to (at most) 8 years in charge. Xi's term doesn't end until he does.

I don't think Elon Musk is very important. He's certainly wealthy and successful, but he wouldn't be anywhere near the top of the list.

We need to get more carbon into the atmosphere to help plants grow stronger when they breathe it in.

Don't be silly. We've discussed this before. That's a ludicrous oversimplification of how the science works.

Musk is rich and business savvy.

[Dax Robinson]

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, he is Musk's biggest opponent in the commercialization of manned space and rocket launches.

[Jet Cash]

Biden is probably the most important person who is almost alive. The election of such an incompetent and senile person illustrates the extent of the hijacking of the election process, and the control that the ruling dynasties have over the modern world.

I notice that nobody has mentioned anyone from these dynasties. The British Crown, the Rothschilds, The Vatican and other dynasties could shut down minor players like Elon Musk, Bill Gates and the like if they wanted to.

[o48o]

Well i would approach this on how much impact to the world would it be if any of them died. After that you see that most of them would be replaceable. But for example replacing Biden could have huge political impact.

Then again there are ton of people doing important work behind the scenes, not all of them are famous and because they are not CEOs, some of them could be scientists for example. They wouldn't need to worry about company pr, and as they don't necessarily want fame and want to stay off the radar.

[jrrsparkles]

Its really sad to see that Satoshi Nakamoto is not in the list.

His vision is to bring the financial freedom with his decentralized payment mode.

[Natsuu]

Jesus is the most important person alive.

Oh my, where is he?


To determine the "MOST IMPORTANT PERSON ALIVE" we must follow a certain criteria to do so:
(This is what I think some of the criteria)
1. If he/she dies, will the world be shaken by his/her death?
2. Is he/she in a state where all of his/her movements are under close surveillance of different agencies in every nations?
3. Can he/she influence more than 2/3 of the world's population?
4. Will his/her death cause war, or any event with same degree?

And I don't think any of the list has the quality to have 3/4 of whats in the list.

[famososMuertos]

That answer is always as cumbersome as that, if you name someone, it turns out to be the egg for the one who contradicts him, because the one who says no, for him and his convictions, his candidate is the hen. But what does it matter? Fortunately we are talking about people.

Of your options Larry Page  for being Google what we all know, but even so and with all its power we are currently living in an era where individualities will be surpassed by corporations sometimes directed by various individuals not known in colloquial circles like ours. (These corporations include politicians)

[Shamm]

Jesus is the most important person alive.

  Yes it's true and the most important things is Jesus cause he's the reason why we in here in this world. The reason why we still breath and there's a new chapter of life.

[Natsuu]

Jesus is the most important person alive.

  Yes it's true and the most important things is Jesus cause he's the reason why we in here in this world. The reason why we still breath and there's a new chapter of life.

Can you please lead me the way and point out where on earth can I find him. Cause the topic is "ALIVE" which is living rn right?

And also, just saying, with regards to the Bible. Jesus is not the reason why we are here breathing. Its God who create us, Jesus is his son who he offers to save us from the sins.... Am I right?