Was just reading the BBC website, and I noticed that there was an article on this year’s Time ‘Person of the Year’ award.
Turns out that Mark Zuckerberg has been nominated by the Editors for this year’s award. Interestingly, in a public poll that Time run, Julian Assange (Wikileaks founder) came first with Zuckerberg in tenth place.
I think the Editors’ decision is a good one, given that I believe that Assange was totally irresponsible when he released the USA’s list of sites across the world that are vital to their needs. He stepped over the line on this matter – the rest were all pretty much harmless, I believe some of these things should be in the public domain anyway.
Interestingly at the end of the article it says:
Both Hitler and Stalin have won in the past.
In recent years, the title has gone to less controversial figures. In 2009 US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke won it, while US President Barack Obama won it the year before.
Made me laugh. ‘Less controversal’: perhaps the understatement of the year?
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