Mine is the computer. I continue to be amazed at what we can do with them.
I have a list of things that transcend invention and are actually some of humans greatest achievements:
- The bicycle
- The piano
- The internet
- Saturn V
Literature, Writing, Written Word. If we couldn’t document and share ideas, we’d be nowhere.
The wheel and the derivatives of the circular shape in general; they powered all human innovations from abstract mathematics to real life applications and everything in between.
I believe argiculture and trade were massive parts of history
Microwave. Being able to heat up a hot pocket in just minutes is legendary.
One I didn’t see yet: Radio.
Less than 150 years old, and has vitally changed how we communicate, and has downstream effects on every other human activity.
Kind of magical having streams of information travelling all around us.
It’s a toss up: either chalkboards or dry erase boards. Both are remarkable.
Plumbing. I could live without almost every modern comfort but a flushable toilet
Agricolture.
It’s what brought us working together in the first place, shifting our habits from nomadic to sedentary and started the concept of civilization.I was gonna say the plow. Agriculture means your tribe get to spend less time hunting and gathering, but the plow means your tribe get a chance to become an empire
In this case I’m taking the word “greatest” more as “biggest/most impactful” and not necessarily “most good” but also I’m no anarcho-primitivist, idk…
In this case I’m taking the word “greatest” more as “biggest/most impactful” and not necessarily “most good”
Yeah that’s what I meant, I agree with the topic of “it might be what started workers exploitation”, but what I’m talking about is “it’s an invention/discovery that was so powerful to shift the natural behaviour of a species”. We’re not even talking about antropology now, it’s an etological impact and there haven’t been many others in our history
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