[w0utert]

IMO You can't compare 'contribution to society' like that, as if you could make a 1-dimensional scale that rates people like the ones you mentioned. It's useless. In some ways Jobs contributions to society have definitely been bigger than Turing or Edison, in some other ways, they haven't. You can't average these things objectively.

[freyrs3]

Edison you could make case for.

Turing, not by a long shot. In 200 years we'll still be talking about Turing machines and decidability. I don't think you can say the same for any of Edisons or Job's ventures.

[lurker17]

In 200 years you think we'll have moved past the light bulb? Or AC electricity?

[tjmc]

AC electricity was Tesla. Edison killed an elephant trying to discredit it.