Comments on: Snippit: Time Person of the Year: You http://www.elliotswan.com/2006/12/17/snippit-time-person-of-the-year-you/ designs stuff and writes code. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:06:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Ranjani http://www.elliotswan.com/2006/12/17/snippit-time-person-of-the-year-you/comment-page-1/#comment-12699 Ranjani Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:38:44 +0000 http://www.elliotswan.com/2006/12/17/snippit-time-person-of-the-year-you/#comment-12699 It's interesting though...with all the possible candidates (Pelosi, Obama, the YouTube guys) that had been nominated early on, it feels like Time had this planned from the beginning. It's both interesting and annoying. To think, all this time we were waiting to crown one person, any one person, because of the glamor that the title "Person Of The Year" accords, and instead, we stare right back at ourselves? It's the same concept as the "Everybody's a winner!" deal in competitions among young children. It's nice to know, but doesn't it make you feel crummy that you're not necessarily special or unique? At least, Time Magazine doesn't think so! It makes me wonder if they couldn't narrow it down far enough, or if they couldn't chose one <em>outstanding</em> individual for the position when they had so many on their palate. But if you look at it another way, Time's reducing its focus on celebrity mayhem, and instead is widening its view to include the world - this is most likely a chance for the better. Thanks for the snippet! My Time subscription ran out between the two years, so I was left hanging. It’s interesting though…with all the possible candidates (Pelosi, Obama, the YouTube guys) that had been nominated early on, it feels like Time had this planned from the beginning. It’s both interesting and annoying. To think, all this time we were waiting to crown one person, any one person, because of the glamor that the title “Person Of The Year” accords, and instead, we stare right back at ourselves? It’s the same concept as the “Everybody’s a winner!” deal in competitions among young children. It’s nice to know, but doesn’t it make you feel crummy that you’re not necessarily special or unique? At least, Time Magazine doesn’t think so! It makes me wonder if they couldn’t narrow it down far enough, or if they couldn’t chose one outstanding individual for the position when they had so many on their palate.

But if you look at it another way, Time’s reducing its focus on celebrity mayhem, and instead is widening its view to include the world – this is most likely a chance for the better.

Thanks for the snippet! My Time subscription ran out between the two years, so I was left hanging.

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