Performances by Bruno Mars and a concluding finale, featuring Sting were extremely delightful. Most rewarding was the speech given by Wael Ghinim—a proud embodiment of Egypt’s revolution. “We are one of you…what’s happening in Egypt is a wake-up call,” he said.
THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE IS MUCH STRONGER, THAN THE PEOPLE IN POWER.”
Culture, politics, and economics—technology, music, film and art—they all crossbreed to create a tower of influence, Babel. We see environmentalists, media moguls, IT geniuses and CEO’s alike, making TIME’s 100 an extraordinary bouquet of celebrity stardom, diehard mechanics, ambition- prestige and pure perseverance, to do what it takes, to rescue, represent and mobilize.