Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technol...son-of-the-year-worst-ever-choice-say-critics Time magazine’s decision to make Tesla billionaire Elon Musk its person of the year for 2021 has been criticised because of his attitude to tax, opposition to unions and playing down the dangers of Covid. Musk, who is also the founder and chief executive of space exploration company SpaceX, recently passed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the world’s wealthiest person as the rising price of Tesla shares pushed his net worth to around $300bn (£227bn). Describing him as a “clown, genius, edgelord, visionary, industrialist, showman”, Time cited the breadth of Musk’s endeavours, from his founding of SpaceX in 2002, to his hand in the creation of the alternative energy company SolarCity in addition to Tesla, the most valuable car company in the world. . . . Whoever is 'Man of the Year,' short of Mother Teresa, is going to attract attention and be criticized. Elon sure irritates some folks ... personality conflicts. I've experienced such conflicts before and sadly some were brilliant people whose work I admired. Regardless, I've noticed Elon critics cite 'a mote' while ignoring his major accomplishments and that is not right. So when members of my political party behave that way, my interest in supporting them evaporates. I'm not switching sides but being more precise in who I support. Bob Wilson
Very interesting article, here is TIME's original: Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021 | Time I thought it was well done and about as objective as it could get.
there's no way you can mix politics or religion with any human endeavor, and not alienate some people. for whatever reason, some people cannot separate the issues. perhaps because they are blinded by teir own viewpoint of 'how things should be'
Meh…. Stalin made the list. Twice. If Time were around in the 1880s, Edison would have been thusly named….warts and all. If Time were still relevant in the 2020s in the same way that they and other members of the media USED to be, then it might matter a little more……
As did Mikhaul Gorbachev and Deng Xiaoping. Once each for Putin, Andropov, Khrushchev, Khomeini, and Hitler. This is more about impact than a judgement of good or bad.
I've never been fond of celebrating the billionaire club successes, but I'll give credit where credit is due one more time, anyway. Congratulations Eldon '
