Mankind’s Best Inventions

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list of best inventions

(i’m prolly missing a few)

language

art / religion / philosophy

fire

agriculture

plumbing

shelter

wheel

lever

Roberts Rules

map

magnetism

compass

lens / optics

electricity

antibiotics

vaccines

computer

transistor / solid state / circuit

radio / TV / phone / radar

battery

Periodic Table of Elements — chemistry! : )

ICE motor

flight

boat

train

bike

ski

(now adding a bunch more, some from friends… someone suggested some of these are discoveries not inventions, but…but…don’t all inventions include discovery?)

Domestication of animals

Sewing, making clothes!

Cheese!

Leather tanning

fermentation!

magic plants! 🙂

food preservation

vitamins

the scientific method

structured education

contraception

printing press / movable type (sniff sniff)

dynamite / gunpowder ?

xrays / mri

human genome

human rights — environmentalism — consumer safety — rule of law

metal

plastic

clocks

cord


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