Our society has long passed the time during which a single person or writing could change everyone's opinions.
Our society has long passed the time during which a single person or writing could change everyone's opinions.
See, I've been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine, and it's perfect example of something impossible today.
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Hype still sells and we still idolize people though. Businessmen such as Steve Jobs or (early) Elon Musk curate an image of themselves as a "genius", which leads to popularity of their products and influences trends and opinions in specific fields.
Really though, no single person did or invented anything alone. Every well-known and highly regarded scientist, inventor, or businessman built their work as a small increment on top of hundreds of predecessors. The Upright Thinkers by Leonard Mlodinow is a good pop-sci book that carries that point throughout.