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> has progressed all of humanity more than anyone else alive today IMO

Tim Berners-Lee is alive, for a simple but not maximal example of someone I think could reasonably be said to have advanced humanity more than Musk.



It's not like people had no idea about sharing stuff on the network before him, though. Tim Berners-Lee made the first web browser, but it was evolution of previous ideas and the third small step of a revolution, not a gamechanger by itself.


It's not like Elon Musk either stands solely on his own shoulders either, or has any real engineering role in the company.

Tim Berners-Lee not only actually did it but also helped guide it through standardization and other things like that.


He has a huge role as a visionary, hype man and investor.




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