If you want to be remembered better to be Actor,Musician,Athlete,Politician?

[DaLittle B]

This came up with the passing of Tom Petty,while I was playing chauffeur-baby sitting my underlings.When it got mentioned tom Petty passed,most of them said "He was my Dad's music" ,or could barely name 1 or 2 songs at best....(part of the problem was) The conversation progressed it became about the rap/hip hop generation vs the rock generation type of discussion. It progressed more to comparing musicians to actors,and athletes as examples of each side of the discussion.

I really felt old,when I said if you've heard of them (some were alive some were dead),and can name something they were in...I'll make it game Even tell you musician,if actor T.V Movies  or both,etc..I named Johnny Carson,Steve Alan,Paul McCartney,Robert Plant,(Then I got Mash on the Brain) Alan Alda,Tom Skerritt,...On Donald Sutherland, they kept saying,you mean Kiefer?

Carson,like Tom petty they knew the name,but said Dad/Grandpa thing...

Sorry the post got away from me...

So if you want to be remembered is it better to be best known
T.V. actor
Movie actor
Actor (both T.V. + movies)
Musician
Politician*
Athlete

Rank them Who do you feel gets remembered the most?

*(As someone brought up yesterday...The President of the United States...and I told them to name as many Presidents they could...We didn't get far)

[Dave Gray]

I think that Politicians are at the top of the list.
Then musicians.
Then actors (movie, then TV -- although this line is blurring).
Athletes are last.

[Sunstroke]

As long as politicians' faces are on the money, they're the easy choice here.  It's really hard to tell what sort of long-term fame that the top-tier Movie/TV stars will have, as that form of media is still in its relative infancy. It utilizes twice as many of our senses as music, so I think it will prove to be the more retentive of the two.

[Fau Teixeira]

politicians for sure .. artists are 2nd and athletes are last.

you remember Julius Caesar from at least 2000 years ago, you remember Motzart from 300 years ago .. you don't remember an athlete from 150 years ago

[DaLittle B]

I don't disagree with Politicians being top 1 Except,outside of the Presidency...Vice Presidents,Senators,HoR,Governors,Etc,are barely remembered even in office in a lot places.

I could see a ranking of...
Politicians (W/Presidents)
Movie actors
Musicians
T.V. Actors
Athletes
Politicians (W/O Presidents)

The money thing, Initially I thought was a good point till I thought,Ben Franklin,and Alexander Hamilton was never president. Cash also changes....

That's just me...

Link to who is on what money....
https://reagan.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=003839

[Dave Gray]

I still think politics is biggest, even at moderately high levels.  You can look back in a history book and see the names of the people who affected policy that we still feel today.  Even bad things -- McCarthyism is a term that is still a thing today.  And since history repeats itself, these people who shaped an era of government will remain in the history books.

Music is next, because it remains relevant in a way that movies/TV don't.  TV and movies age out.  It's hard to watch a movie made in the 50s.  ...not a lot of people have seen those or appreciate them.  But Buddy Holly is still a big deal.

Athletes are last, because I think it's something that is getting constantly better and better and you can't really compare across eras. 

[Fau Teixeira]

I still think politics is biggest, even at moderately high levels.  You can look back in a history book and see the names of the people who affected policy that we still feel today.  Even bad things -- McCarthyism is a term that is still a thing today.  And since history repeats itself, these people who shaped an era of government will remain in the history books.

Music is next, because it remains relevant in a way that movies/TV don't.  TV and movies age out.  It's hard to watch a movie made in the 50s.  ...not a lot of people have seen those or appreciate them.  But Buddy Holly is still a big deal.

Athletes are last, because I think it's something that is getting constantly better and better and you can't really compare across eras. 

You could have just said " I agree with Fau and he's super awesome"

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Other --- Humanitarian

Mother Teresa
Gandhi
Schindler
Tubman
Tutu
King
Mandel


Granted some are boarder line politicians.

[Sunstroke]

^^^ Sure, you can name a handful of humanitarians, but most, if not all, are going to be from the last generation or two. You can name politicians all the way back to Julius Caesar.

Humanitarians provide more value to society...politicians provide more memory retention.

[Dave Gray]

You could have just said " I agree with Fau and he's super awesome"

Perhaps you are moderately awesome. 

But I was trying to bring the separate point that even mid-level politicians still have lasting policy (or even "learn from our mistakes" viewpoints) that remain relevant.  It's not just the Julius Caesars.  It's the judges who ruled on court cases that are now learned as precedent...stuff like that.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

^^^ Sure, you can name a handful of humanitarians, but most, if not all, are going to be from the last generation or two. You can name politicians all the way back to Julius Caesar.

Humanitarians provide more value to society...politicians provide more memory retention.

Jesus says hi!  So do Lady Godiva.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

politicians for sure .. artists are 2nd and athletes are last.

you remember Julius Caesar from at least 2000 years ago, you remember Motzart from 300 years ago .. you don't remember an athlete from 150 years ago

David's upset over heavily favored Goliath occurred more than 150 years ago.

[Fau Teixeira]

Unless you're coming on board with "war is a sport between nations" i'm not buying david or goliath as atheletes

[EKnight]

^^^ Sure, you can name a handful of humanitarians, but most, if not all, are going to be from the last generation or two. You can name politicians all the way back to Julius Caesar.

Humanitarians provide more value to society...politicians provide more memory retention.

I would suggest more people know of Caesar because of Shakespeare and name recognition, than what he actually accomplished as a politician.