The Singular Mind

Hey, you won the "Person of the Year" award from Time magazine! Yes, you! Seriously.

This year, Time decided to award their "Person of the Year" award to not just one person, but everyone who uses or creates content on the internet. Hence, if you're reading this, that's you. Congrats. They decided this year to award it to "citizens of the new democracy", the people who are shaping the world now, those who are interconected online. If it hadn't been everyone this year, they probably would have given it to the Iranian president, according to the managing editor at Time, Richard Stengel. The "Person of the Year" issue has a computer with a mirror for the screen that has the word "You" on it so people can see their reflection in it.

Time has given the award to a group or something other than an individual 3 times before: in 1966 to those who were 25 and younger; in 1975 to American women; and in 1982 to the computer.

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Labels: Current Events, Things of Interest

posted by Jeremy @ 11:52 PM