Ask HN: Who are the most inspiring people you know or are aware of?

No doubt, for me this is Richard Stallman. He follows his ideas of free software for the whole live, never betrays them and with time, his philosophy [0] looks more and more modern (especially in the post-Snowden times).

[0] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/

Diogenes of Sinope. A philosopher, cynic, and has legendary altercations with Alexander the Great, Plato, Socrates and other famous figures during that time. Unfortunately most of his original works were destroyed, so we only have bits of anecdotes and hearsay.

Of all the people I have read about, he lives the most congruent life and thoughtfully challenges status quo.

Adam Savage

He has a lot of interesting conversations on Tested [0], as well as a lot of conference talks that are posted online. The amount of stuff he makes is impressive. He is also very open about his failures and how he has learned from them.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/user/testedcom

Sounds great! I'll check him out, thanks!