Thursday, July 28, 2022

What image do you have of a powerful man?

 The most important discoveries will provide answers to questions that we do not yet know how to ask and will concern objects we have not yet imagined. -John N. Bahcall, astrophysicist (30 Dec 1935-2005)

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Bill Gates    

Vladimir Putin

Barach Obama


Athlete in the Olympics in 2016.






This is an entrepreneur.


This is a doctor.

Joe Biden





Famous authors



Or scientists?

How about the man who came up with the Gaia theory...the beginning of looking at climate change?

I believe I read that he died recently at age 103.


Who do you think the children of today would consider to be their role models of powerful men?


14 comments:

  1. ...the good, the bad and the ugly!

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    1. Well, the point is to find out what male role models do look like to children in 2022.

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  2. I am not sure if I am easy with or about anyone powerful

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    1. It's the word that most closely comes to role models...the man that a regular kid would recognize and perhaps emulate.

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  3. I recognized most of them, but the only one I think of as handsome and powerful is Obama. Well, maybe Mark Twain, too. :-)

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    1. Ha ha! I guess we women might be having trouble figuring out which man a kid would think of as a person of power.

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  4. Interesting question. I never think of "powerful men" but I do think of powerful humans, the ones who work endlessly to make the world a better place.

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    1. There are very few photos of many of the spiritual teachers, but I could have put a Dalai Lama in there, I guess.

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  5. I do not admire powerful men. I like the ones who walk softly. No sticks. There is a difference between strength and power, I suppose. Men with power frighten me. I admire the writers who can inspire. There are too many (mostly) white men who abuse their power.
    (ツ) from Jenn Jilks , ON, Canada!

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  6. Good point, especially with the recent history of abuses of power. I started this quest because of the kids who were killing littler kids in schools. I wondered who they had grown up thinking they might like to be some day. I have had a lot of trouble finding anyone, let alone a good role model.

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  7. While I admire several of the individuals you presented here, Barbara, I am not honestly certain which one children today would consider as their role models. Perhaps, if a fictional character were included, like ones in popular computer games, some would select one of them as sad as that is to admit.

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    1. I need to consult my grandchildren to find out who the heroes are in the games. I watch Jeopardy almost daily, and am a complete idiot when those games are in the clues. I would guess Spider Man is still one, but don't know about Super Man any more.

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  8. I don’t know if children understand power. They would probably think of superheroes or their dad.

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  9. As I scrolled through the pictures I was thinking about who I'd consider powerful. I'd decided on doctors and scientists -- until you tripped me up asking who kids today would choose. A certain age group would probably opt for a fictional superhero, but real world heroes? I'd have to ask my grandkids.
    (BTW, what happened to James Bond's fingers?)

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