Edward Snowden, undoubtly
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#32Edward Snowden
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#33Someone with sufficient karma should take the results here and re-post this as a poll.
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#34Elon Musk, in my opinion. He is my modern day hero.
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#35Satoshi Nakamoto let's drive BTC up to $10,000 before the crash!
I'm guessing you have a few you'd like to cash in on? ;)
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#36Re: Ask HN: Hacker News Person Of the Year
#37Elon Musk, by far.
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#38Bitcoin. easy.
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#39Elon Musk - SpaceX and Tesla have been on HN pretty consistently this year, and it's an inspiring option, too. Snowden is not a bad choice, especially since he'll probably be snubbed by the Times in favor of the politically safe Miley Cyrus, but he's not really in tech. Satoshi Nakamoto should have been the HN POY last year (or next year once BTC goes really mainstream).
How can you say Snowden is not "in tech"? He revealed the entire global internet to be something different than we thought it was. It is political but that doesn't mean it's not technology.
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#40Narendra Modi.