Who influences our thinking?

An interesting ranking by Suntop Media lays out for us the 50 most influential thinkers in the world.

Top 50

Not surprisingly, the top two spots are held by the typical Ivy League bias and Mr. Billionaire Gates. Most of the other guys are unknown to me, though I was surprised to see the architect of the U.S.'s greatest growth period in the country's history sitting down at #35. "Mr. Greenspan, I know your resume is solid, and you've helped make many people extremely rich with your economic navigation, but you just don't have that special something that we're looking for..."

The most shocking ranking though, sitting right there at #12, HAS to be Scott Adams. Who is Scott Adams? Why, he's the author of the DILBERT comic strip! In this day and age, I guess that makes total sense. I think Scott says it best himself:

My first reaction was to feel sorry for the poor bastards who ranked 13 through 50. I imagine they would have felt pretty good about making the list until they were topped by the guy who wants to adopt a frozen embryo, name it Amy and keep it in the fridge.

Ah, the Dilbert Future...