Who are the heroes of our time? Who is driving us to a better future? And who is inspiring and guiding us?
Anything goes: famous people, people in your own life, fictional people who represent something to your culture, groups of people working behind the scenes etc.
The only rule is they must be current.
Richard Stallman
I would’ve said the same some years ago, but then I actually went to a lecture by him in person at my university and… I’ll just say that it was not a very pleasant experience and very much a “never meet your heroes” kind of moment.
Oh dear, what happened?!
I don’t know how accurate each of the claims in this article are, but this is the kind of stuff that he’s been accused of, and as a result most people don’t really worship or admire him much anymore: https://www.wired.com/story/richard-stallman-and-the-fall-of-the-clueless-nerd/
Europeans
Raymond Hill, the uBlock Origin guy
I’ll also throw VLC guy in there too
That’s the real hero
Any garbage man that picks up my trash. Any sanitation engineer that cleans my sewage.
The transgender population, especially transgender youth. If one group’s rights can be stripped away, then any group’s can. They are the front line soldiers against the spread of fascism.
Weird that this is getting so many dislikes, tf is up with people
They recognize that one person’s rights can infringe another’s. That’s all.
A lot of insecurities
Anyone who is still doing the right thing and not in it for money or themselves. Which is fucking rare as shit these days.
Plenty of people do a lot of good out there taking care of others. They are just not seen because of the narcissists in the spotlight.
Making a living and doing this is hard mode.
For me personally, Cory Doctorow. Here’s an inspiring talk by him.
That guy’s a good egg, and a pretty good author too
Elon musk.
Jk. Im not sure I even have an answer. I think it’s a very very slow agonizing game over for humanity.
You said “Elon” and regretted it immediately, didn’t you?
Stephen Hawking.
He has influenced how physicists look at the world, and they in turn have taught us how to see the world, and nearly everybody believes what he has told (even though some of the topics do not fit with newer observations anymore, but still nobody has come up with really better explanations).
Mick Lynch and Shawn Fain
Are these made up names? Never heard of them. Must be an American thing?
Mick Lynch is currently the most badass man in Britain. Absolute unit.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Fain
A American labor unionist
Oh you :-)
Mick Lynch is definitely one of mine. We’re lucky to have him.
Shawn Fain
Kind of on the tail end of their careers, but Senator Ron Wyden on privacy/surveillance, and Bernie Sanders on most stuff. Good question for a thread.
Open source software maintainers, thanklessly (and often without pay) maintaining infrastructure without which the global economy would collapse immediately
I second this, big time.
The kids protesting on campuses right now.
Yes
Actually, I’m pretty sure the main character of real life is a girl I know. Unfortunately, revealing infos about her at this point might he harmful to the plot.
Is it Fenchurch from Islington?
