Time will announce their “person of the year” later this week
Earlier today they announced the ten people who made it on to the final list:
- Bashar Assad, President of Syria
- Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder
- Ted Cruz, Texas Senator
- Miley Cyrus, Singer
- Pope Francis, Leader of the Catholic Church
- Barack Obama, President of the United States
- Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran
- Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Edward Snowden, N.S.A. Leaker
- Edith Windsor, Gay rights activist
From a “tech” perspective Bezos and Snowden are the two we’ll be watching for, though personally I’d consider Snowden to be more important this year
More details over on the Time site
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Sad day when Assad and Cyrus even make the list!
Agreed. Although “Person of the Year” doesn’t have to mean good person by Time’s criteria, I think there are some surprising names on there. I can imagine staff saying: “Does it have to be ten?” 🙂