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2283 sats \ 21 comments \ @Taft 28 May ideasfromtheedge

IMO, it is the invention of the Wheel.

The wheel, invented around 3500 B.C., revolutionized transportation. It allowed humans to move goods more efficiently and paved the way for wheeled carts, facilitating agriculture, commerce, and long-distance travel.

Let's hear your opinions.

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21 sats \ 6 replies \ @Coinsreporter 28 May

The greatest of all, imo, is the invention of language. Language is the greatest of all because it's the only thing that made human knowledge transferrable and portable.

Without language, won't we be similar to other species?

11 sats \ 3 replies \ @Taft OP 28 May

And how about language, can it be considered an invention?

31 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter 28 May

Why not?

We obviously had it in us to invent language. Humans continue to consciously and deliberately invent languages. Math and music, for example. Computer languages and hypertext markup language.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 28 May

I agree

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Taft OP 28 May

If you put it that way, then yes. I agree!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @didiplaywell 28 May

Came to comment exactly this.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @senf 28 May

This one right here. Being able to pool knowledge among humans allowed everything else to happen.

24 sats \ 5 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 28 May freebie

In my opinion electricity is the greatest invention.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 28 May

And why do you think so?

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 28 May

Is electricity an invention ?

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 28 May

circuits are the invention.

You know what they mean

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Taft OP 28 May freebie

I think electricity is not an invention in the traditional sense, but rather a fundamental natural phenomenon that people learned how to use properly.

13 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 28 May freebie

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jgbtc 29 May

Cooking is underrated. Chimpanzees spend many hours a day just chewing. Cooking our food freed up a lot of time for other activities.

I read a pretty interesting book about this a while ago. It proposes that cooking our food helped the development of our large brains. It's definitely something that sets us apart from other animals.

https://www.amazon.com/Catching-Fire-Cooking-Made-Human/dp/0465013627?ref=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=2154687d-0650-40e8-8fe8-89fe408717d5

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 28 May

In our generation, it has to be bitcoin.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 28 May

Washing machine-cum-dryer

Any parent with young kids will attest to the awesomeness of this invention.

In fact, I need to fold my laundry now haha

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BTCFC 28 May

The more I write (or rather type), the more I'm beginning to understand how crucial for human evolution it has been to be able to write. Therefore, I'll go with any tools that have allowed us to write, and therefore, manifest our ideas into physical form, and keep a record of basically anything that comes to mind. So such a tool includes, a stone, to pen and paper, to typewriter, to computers and smartphones. Plus these same tools allow us to draw as well which has unlocked another part of our ever evolving brains.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 28 May

write, printing

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 28 May

Harnessing the power of fire probably. While maybe the simplest invention, it had the most impact because no other invention would have been possible if humans starved, died from disease spread via eating rotting raw meat or froze to death.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Lux 28 May

that wich enchants (wo)men into voluntary servitude - words