In 50-100 years when people look back on this time, who do you think they'll see as the most influential...

in 50-100 years when people look back on this time, who do you think they'll see as the most influential, prominent intellectuals?

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Rick and morty fans

ben shapiro and baked alaska

Me, probably. If I stop gaming long enough to ever write my books.

The intellectuals won't be the influential ones

This will be looked upon as a very dark age. I guess the media would have us say Hawkings, Musk and fuck if I know.

Pinker

pic related

Not that retarded jew

Noam Chomsky, and maybe Slavoj Zizek.

I hope so

Definitely Musk and Bezos. This will be known as the age of Poisonous Media (or something like that), cable news will be looked at the way we think of the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages. Trump will always be thought of as this strange by product of our madness.

Chomsky has gone downhill and zizek doesn't really believe in anything.
To answer OP, I'd say we haven't found one yet.

Only viable option

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer’s head. There’s also Rick’s nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they’re not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick’s existential catchphrase “Wubba Lubba Dub Dub,” which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev’s Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon’s genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them.

And yes, by the way, i DO have a Rick & Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It’s for the ladies’ eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they’re within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid

I bet not few would say Assange. He played on the faces of whole big powers gang and got away in Ecuadorian Embassy with his documents/Wikileaks influence until today, living in London and publishing more info on every major power.

Despite being a comedian i feel like Carlin had far more insight and wisdom than all the supposed scholars and intellects of the world.

I'm hoping that pic unrelated. Having a quick enough wit to be able to discuss politics in an entertaining way does not make one an intellectual. Politics in general has nothing to do with being an intellectual.

Anti Semitic cartoonist Ben Garrison

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Depends on who wins, getting the right to revisionist history.

Truth, he testified in before Congress about swear words.

Thomas Sowell
Christopher Hitchens
Andrew Sullivan
Michael Eric Dyson
Sam Harris
Noam Chomsky
Norman Finkelstein
Arundhati Roy
Melissa Harris Perry

George Clooney

>Musk

top kek

I know there are a lot of Trump fans here. I'm not trying to call you out.

But history is not going to look kind on this period.

It's going to be a really weird period of history. It's just so different now than what would have been recorded a half century ago.

Then again we may be expecting the history happening now to be recorded the way it was then...

Our standards may be higher in some ways, but substantially lower in others.

I wish I could fast forward a couple hundred years and read the popular opinion of today.

Would be so interesting.

And white power leader Sam Hyde

This is probably going to be seen as the breakdown of neoliberalism, but where that'll go has yet to be seen. The last time this sort of thing happened, Russia embraced communism; Spain, Italy, and Germany embraced fascism; and the US and Britain embraced Keynes (i.e., capitalist compromise). Little surprise that we're seeing a resurgence of fascism, and the first signs of jack-booted socialism. History there will obviously be written by the victor.

As for who will be seen as the intellectuals of this time---but science and philosophy have been so flaccid. I'm coming to believe it's because the funding model (austerity leading to "competition" for "scarce" funds) leads to a focus on the ROI of research, which is a farcical plan that promotes endless waves of hype, but I'm sure the third AI summer will be different. The nature of hype is not to pan out, which means that it's slim pickings on what future historians will find noteworthy.

I don't agree either, just what I think the modern media would like us to say.

There's a Tesla that drives around here that's had the back door handle dangling by one end for a couple of months now. I see it all the time.

*schniff* Pure ideology *schniff*

nice i like him too

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underrated

when i stopped judging potential and talent and started judging accomplishments my worldview changed

and i'm not as great as i've pretended to be

>mentions intellectuals
>posts a picture of Bill Maher
I think you have some things mixed up.

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I don't doubt it though...

Elon Musk is a poor man's Steve Jobs... Steve Jobs was a poor man's Thomas Edison and Thomas Edison was a poor man's Nikola Tesla.

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trump and his followers

It will be the 46th President of the United States of America, the beautiful (((female))) President Jenner.

Trump

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Putting all the usual irony aside, the main one will be Musk for sure

Doge

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influencing neckbeards on Sup Forums doesn't count

i don't know much about him, does he actually come up with anything himself, or just bankroll ideas and act as a figurehead?

Hopefully people will be over fucking Musk by then, tired of hearing about that idiot

>To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty.

My friend is borderline retarded and loves the show.
I have a 150 IQ and........meh.

seconded

the general scheme of things shifts cyclically between classicism and romanticism, called in modern times conservatism and liberalism for really dumb reasons. Classicism is generally a time of intellectual decline in terms of new ideas, etc, as it tends to focus backwards and towards nostalgia. Romanticism/Liberalism tends to reject ideas because they're old and boring, ignoring whatever is positive about them. We need a certain mix of both to progress as a society.

Right now I think we're seeing the classicism/conservatism cycle coming to an end, which is why the sudden "death throes" type rise of guys like Trump. What comes next? I am not sure. An America much friendlier to socialism... Trump and his supporters and their vitriol are basically guaranteeing that will happen once he's gone.

when you say socialism, do you mean it as defined by marx and his ilk, or socialism as in the nordic model (aka not real socialism)?

Sowell is spouting the same old shit conservatives have been talking about for decades. he doesn't offer anything new or even interesting.

Sowell's a giant.

Musk
Jobs & gates are yesterday so don't count

Literally?

Dawkins

is this the new navy seals?

honestly, I don't know. I don't think socialism will be adopted, but socialist ideas like single payer healthcare or universal basic income will be a lot more appealing and implemented. so, nordic model I guess.

House nigga need to stfu. Them crackas ain’t gonna accept you no matter how hard you suck they ass

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Gates didn't do shit but steal a bunch of different ideas and lump them together.

Even MSDOS was originally bought for a few thousand dollars from a college friend of his. The mouse stolen from Xerox and visual on screen icons from Apple.

you know thas right

Idealism, as embodied in the classicism/romanticism dichotomy, seems to be giving way to materialism, due to material conditions intruding on the fulfillment of ideals. The proto-feudalism of the US could develop into a full-fledged feudalism, as I'm sure the classical-romantics would prefer, or the bourgeoisie finally loses their supreme status.

Yup

People who invented and patented things. People used to say history was written by the winners, but things are documented much more thoroughly now so I don't think it will apply as much going forward. Currently popular people that the media peddles will be forgotten and the most basic people who actually pushed industries forward will be the rare ones praised in the future.

"150 IQ" and baited by copy pasta

nah, materialism is ultimately a form of romanticism.


And the idea that socialism leads to feudalism is a cold war fantasy. Tsarist Russia and Qing Dynasty China were both full-fledged feudal societies and had been for centuries before communism arrived. After communism. the day to day life of the average peasant barely changed, but the propaganda machines of the west had something new to blame it on.

Just those who understand the deep intellectual humor of Rick and Morty.

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>Ben sharpio and baked alaska intelectuals
Maybe for simpletons like you.

>that faggot
>intellectual

Ben shapiro is the man. Baked alaska is a twat. What has he said that was intelligent?

This stupid nigger is serious

God

Shapiro is the Sam Harris of the right, a good orator and debater but underneath that is nothing really overwhelming

i think that shapiro's love of religion will damage his chances of being seen as an intellectual in 50-100 years time, i can only see the world becoming more secular as time goes on.

Different user. Sam Harris at first seems impressive, but it doesn't take long to realize that his ideas are simple, despite how elegant he sounds.

I agree, I think his fan base is more attracted to his lexicon than his thoughts. And with Shapiro it's more of his personality combined with his very attuned rhetoric

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refreshing to see jordan peterson's name not being spammed for once, he's possibly the most overrated personality i've ever came across.

I mean, Trump did make heavy allusions that he wouldn't accept the result if he lost, and it's not like rednecks weren't saying the exact same thing about Barrack HUSSEIN Obamer not being mur presidernt.

>I think his fan base is more attracted to his lexicon than his thoughts
Yes, exactly. It's not the first thing to be attracted to if you're looking for a public intellectual with ideas that have actual substance. Also, you're correct about Shapiro. Both are charismatic but ultimately a waste of people's time.

Exceptance of the mentally ill?

Anybody who thinks Bill Maher of all people is the most intellectual person of this time in history is likely a fucking retard who should go suck a bull cock. He is influential in some ways, but so are many other people. He isn't any different. He's just a pompous asshole who is too self-obsessed with himself to even be considered intelligent, let alone funny.

There won't be any looking back. People will be too busy worrying how they will survive each day in the nuclear winter.

jordan peterson

So you are trying to rationalize your hypocrisy by saying it's ok for me to be a hypocrite because some people on the other side were hypocrites too?

Sam Hyde

no, just pointing out that both sides are dumb because it makes me feel superior.

I like him until he apolgize to black people and let ice cube turn him into a pussy for saying a black joke. he's been cucked by pc bullshit it seems. youtube.com/watch?v=gnwiYdFaRfk

>Noam Chomsky
>tells all the facts of half the story

You fucking retarded or just a scumbag commie?

pickle rick

also there's actually a legitimate case to oppose trump's presidency because he lost by 3 million votes

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How can you remember a non event?

What about the people that Actually didn't except it?

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Hopefully, Stanhope

because it's ironic you criticise people for saying not my president now when said president was ready to say the same thing if he lost.

>>rednecks weren't saying the exact same thing about Barrack HUSSEIN Obamer not being mur presidernt.

Show me a clip of a music vid, tv show, movie or snl skit, disrespecting Obama.
In fact a rodeo clown work an Obama mask and the media went ape shit.
Please post links of Obama disrespect.

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