Four New Faces
"A monument's dimensions should be determined by the importance to civilization of the events commemorated."- Guzton Borgham. Why is Mount Rushmore so important? People count Mount Rushmore and the faces on it as a big thing because the "important" people in the world say we should. But are we thinking about who we think are important?
Tom Anderson, the creator of myspace. These are the reasons why he would be on my new Rushmore. He is the creator of myspace.com; hundreds of thousands of people are on myspace each day. Myspace is one of the most popular websites ever created. Tom founded the sight with Chris DeWolfe. Tom however became the face of myspace.
Jonathon Ive, creator of Apple iPod. Jonathon designed the original iMac, iBook, and iPod. He created the first iPod on October twenty third 2001. He is currently the senior vice president of industrial design at Apple in California.
Construction at Mount Rushmore of George Washingto...
English: Chris DeWolfe, CEO of MySpace, in his off...
English: An image of Mount Rushmore from before co...IPods are currently the most popular MP3 player bought. An average of one iPod is sold per minute. IPods have also greatly changed the rules in many schools.
Bono, Paul David Hewson lead singer and guitarist of U2. Well known for his humanitarian work in Africa and his efforts in canceling the debt of poor third world countries. He set up "DATA" Debt Aids Trade in Africa to raise awareness about Africa's debts the spread of aids and trade rules that hurt the continents poor citizens. Bono was in Time magazine's 100 most influential people and also named person of the year. He was also a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, and then later awarded the Pablo Neruda International Presidential Medal of Honor from the government of Chile.
Oprah Winfrey, one of the most influential people of this generation. Oprah was able to...
4 New Faces For Rushmore
This essay is quite well written.
I disagree completely with the idea that the four named people should be immortalized. Oprah was the first winner of the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award. Why not Bob Hope? He had a longer, more successful, and more influential career than Oprah, and his willingness to go on USO tours in three wars, as well as an amazing range of humanitarian and civic projects would rate him above Oprah.
Bono? In terms of humanitarian efforts, Jimmy Carter has been both more influential and profoundly more thoughtful. Or why not Martin Luther King, who won the Noble Peace Prize, and profoundly reshaped America.
The inventor of the IPod? Yes, he has forced many schools to change there rules. I am not certain that his invention has done much more than create long term employment for a whole generation of audiologists to deal with the hearing loss from excessive iPod use.
The developer of MySpace? Well, he may have an influence, but I would not necessarily call it positive. Most people would not know him by name.
Now contrast these with Lincoln, who carried the country through a civil war that was one of the worst of its kind, and advanced the cause of freedom for all. Or Theodore Roosevelt, who brought the nation into the modern world both at home and in foreign affairs. Or Washington, the man who did so much to define American democracy by refusing to be king, when it would have been easy to succumb to the temptation. Or Jefferson, one of the most profound thinkers among the founders of the Republic, and the first man ever to affect a peaceful party change. Compared to these four, the others are barely footnotes to history.
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