Mine is the computer. I continue to be amazed at what we can do with them.

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    6 months ago

    Either fire or the wheel. Not sure which I would place higher. But both really are the two greatest inventions/discoveries. Without either you basically don’t have future discoveries or inventions.

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      6 months ago

      My vote is definitely for fire. Learning to first contain and sustain, then how to create fire. Everything else follows on from that.

      Cooking food probably started us down a path to become as intelligent as we are today.

      And the light allowed us to have free time at night to try new ideas.

      And the warmth allowed us to spread out of Africa.