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

submitted 8 months ago by Aurelius@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 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.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 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.

[–] arthur@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago

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