…to suggest that Time magazine's Person of the Year might be more aptly named Person Most Likely to Sell a Lot of Magazines in December. But the magazine itself points out the designation does not necessarily mean most laudible or even most popular—but something more like most influential.
Time magazine points out that controversial figures such as Adolf Hitler (1938), Joseph Stalin (1939 and 1942), Nikita Khrushchev (1957) and Ayatollah Khomeini (1979) have also been granted the title for their impact on events. [Wikipedia]
The Person of the Year in 2006, in fact, was…wait for it…you.
Wasn't that fun?
Still, it's difficult to see Elon Musk fitting comfortably into any of those categories.
Maybe more like Person Least Likely to Get Us Into Too Much Trouble This Year.
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