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Originally Posted by masraum
I'm not sure he's "of today". If that was the case, then might we include folks like Henry Ford or Winston Churchill?
The three guys that you listed first aren't bad, but I guess we would need a better idea what "great men" means to the OP or even the various posters. Maybe that would be good, tell us your great man and tell us why you think he's great.
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Mark Zuckerberg gets my vote because Facebook has irreversibly changed the world. (for better or worse?)
I'm sure Mark didn't setout to do this but that's what's happened. What's more powerful than the influencing of ideas?
Think about this. YOU have more power now than your president did 30 years ago.
You can share a political opinion and people around the world can be reading that comment as soon as it's posted.
Ideas change the world!
Brunel gets a mention because of his body or work, early innovation and problem solving.