No way. i don't believe in the framing of the question to begin with. I don't believe a single person can be the greatest possibility of our times, no matter what they stand for. The second buddha is said to be community... now there's something to think about.
Our society is so focused on individuals. Blindly focused. We don't even see that works like equianos are certainly team efforts. YOu can stick a name at the top for communication purposes, but really there are hundreds and thousands of people who are actively and indirectly supporting work like this.
It's a skewed vision of the world if we only see the charismatic leaders at the top as people who make change. It's disempowering, and more than that, it's so far from the truth. Yes it's helpful to have a gifted leader, but a gifted leader needs many more gifted followers in order to make any sort of change happen.
I'm a big fan of: Ghandi, MLK, Jesus, the Buddha, Patanjali, Avram Davis, Echkart Tolle. Whatever. But i'm not pinning the hopes of "our times" onto a single person. Please. It's so insulting to the supporting staff that really make something work.
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