World changing ideas are not from individuals

A human is a function of inputs and outputs. Inputs are the state of humanity. Outputs feed into the state of humanity. At a certain point, influential ideas can be developed. At a certain point, influential ideas can take effect.


Formulating an idea:
When an idea is ripe, it's common for multiple people to discover it at similar times. No one individual is responsible.

An idea taking effect:
World changing ideas are selected from individuals by the present population. Individuals write the stuff down, but they don't choose that is accepted. For example whoever wrote the bible put some words on paper. Writing down initial thoughts is an important step, however, the steps that follow, the choices that people make after that, whether to read it or not are what decide if it is world changing. It's likely that if one individual were removed, some other similar option would often be adopted in its place. Like if you took all of the McDonalds out of a city, the Burger Kings would probably fill a similar role.