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Kenneth Arrow's "impossibility" theorem shows that it's impossible to create a fair way to rank choices for a group when everyone has different preferences. This has big implications for economics, politics, and philosophy. Arrow proved that certain properties needed for a fair ranking system can't all exist together. This has led to a lot of research in social choice theory.