Do you agree thinkers drive the world?

No i think that the future society will be driven not by thinkers or smarter people but from those a re capable to have power in long terms..normally people which they are smart nough or thinker/idealist can 't fight against others..

i think they play a small part. the great thinkers who turn their ideas into reality can shape the way everyday people run their lives, but its mainly all the workers who use the thinkers innovations that keep things flowing.

I believe that thinkers do drive the world. How else would accomplisments be made without thinkers to push the ideas along? when we dont have thinkers, we don't have the power to see dreams come true. the world would be lost without thinkers to drive it.

That has always been the case. Not just in the modern era. It has been like that ever since there were leaders positioned on the top. Rulers are regarded for their thinking skills. But I can't say that they "drive" the world. Everyone needs to perform their duties no matter how insignificant it may seem.

I wish that was the case. Often thinkers are way ahead of their time and it is hard for us (ordinary citizens) to grasp it. So often they'll never be heard. Jacque Fresco ( the man behind thevenusproject) is the living example of that. I am sure there are many more around the world, unknown. There are organizations around the world who do recognize that missed/missing opportunities. At the same time we should be grateful that people like Gandhi, Mandela, Paganini, Van Gogh, have been appreciated and discovered even sometime not in their life time.