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Who in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 8 months ago by Aurelius to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Linus Torvalds or Richard Stallman

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'll have to argue that Santos Dumont and others inventors did Open Source in the XIX.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

But compared to one of those. Who did the biggest impact?

I dont know them and maybe they made a much greater impact.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Santos-Dumont was a pioneer of aviation, would say that that's a big deal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Dumont was a prolific Brazilian-French inventor. Among his most famous achievements are several lighter-than-air flights and flying machines (blimps), as well as a potential claim as the inventor of the first airplane.