I find it very hard to believe that Slavoj Zizek is better known, or more influential, than, say, Linus, RMS, PG, Joel, ESR or many others in our field.
Silly, vague, badly defined list.
Only one computer scientist in the world's top 100 public intellectuals
21–25 of 25 posts
Re: Only one computer scientist in the world's top 100 public intellectuals
#22I don't have much faith in their selection process. Their list of economists includes the man who guided Russian economy into a 40% GDP drop. >Yegor Gaidar, Russia, Economist, politician >Gaidar was Boris Yeltsin’s acting prime minister from June 15 to December 14, 1992 and a proponent of “shock therapy” for the Russian economy.
You left out:
>He is a contributing editor to FP.
That should make clear both the quality and the nature of this publication.
Re: Only one computer scientist in the world's top 100 public intellectuals
#23Re: Only one computer scientist in the world's top 100 public intellectuals
#24So, who are some computer scientists (and mathematicians) that should be on the list? That is a loaded but honest question.
Marvin Minsky, John McCarthy and Donald E. Knuth,