Time magazine named the person of the year. It was the head of Tesla Elon Musk. Musk is the richest man on Earth, but the magazine considered something different. “Person of the Year is a measure of influence, and few people have had more influence than Musk on life on Earth and possibly life beyond,” wrote Time Editor Edward Felsenthal. “In 2021, Musk became not only the richest man in the world, but possibly the richest example of massive change in our society.”

The tradition of Time to choose the person of the year appeared in 1927, and since then has changed a little - the main thing in the year can be not only a person, but also a group of people, technology, idea or phenomenon that had the greatest influence in the year. And in 2019, the magazine introduced additional categories. For example, pop star Olivia Rodrigo was named Artist of the Year this year, and four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles was named Athlete of the Year. And the heroes of the year (they are also called "Guardians") are the scientists who created the mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 - Katalin Kariko, Barney Graham, Kizzmekia Corbett and Drew Weissman ...

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