Every year, Time releases a list of the "100 most influential people in the world" — a list which inevitably contains a fair number of people who, while talented and noteworthy and all that, are probably not quite influential enough for such a list. We understand that a list of world leaders and bankers and philanthropists would not be the biggest newsstand draw, and that Time generally prefers to sell magazines. Nevertheless, if you're going to call it the "100 most influential people in the world" — and not, say, "100 people who had a really interesting year last year" — then you should maybe, you know, make it a list of extremely influential people. Not, for example, these people, who we've ranked in order of their lack of influence.
via New York Magazine
