Ask HN: Which tech founder, company or tool will be remembered in 1,000 years?

Re:Ask HN: Which tech founder, company or tool will be remem... by noud on Friday April 29, 2022 @03:47AM (#31202498)

Can you name 10 founders of companies from more than 1,000 years ago? I cannot. Additionally, there are only a handful of companies left that were founded more than 1,000 years ago [1]. Therefore, it's unlikely that any founder or company will be remembered in 1,000 years.

If I have to make a wild guess what will be remembered in 1,000 years, I would guess that SI units with its derived units will still be in place. [2] These (derived) units are named after some inventors, James Watt, Gustav Hertz, Isaac Newton, Nikola Tesla, Lord Kelvin. Maybe some of them will be remembered in 1,000 years. But keep in mind, 1,000 years is a very very long time. A lot can be forgotten in that time span.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units

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Re:Ask HN: Which tech founder, company or tool will be remem... by jollofricepeas on Friday April 29, 2022 @01:18PM (#31208008)

I didn’t even think of SI units. That’s a good point.

In the same way that the Dutch East India and British India companies are referenced in college courses as the first “publicly traded” companies or as tools of colonization, I was wondering if the impact of Apple, Microsoft, Tesla might be viewed in a similar way in the future.

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Re:Ask HN: Which tech founder, company or tool will be remem... by gabrielsroka on Friday April 29, 2022 @11:27AM (#31206376)

> Gustav Hertz

Heinrich Hertz?

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