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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by guyrocket@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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

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[-] degen@midwest.social 5 points 7 months ago

Screw the running water and antibiotics. I don't need no machinery or amenities, give me cheese!

Computers are cool though

[-] Turd_Ferg@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

The Tamagotchi - for obvious reasons.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 7 months ago

Written language. It lets us speak to people across time.

[-] GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I don't know if this counts, but I'd say the Enlightenment. It was a discovery in that we discovered a new way to interpret the world.

I think there is kind of a glass ceiling when you talk about fire, plumbing, electricity and so on. Each one was a necessary stepping stone to get us where we are, but without any one of them, we wouldn't be here.

The Enlightenment gave us a brand new sense of autonomy as a species, which in turn has given us a greater amount of control over "Destiny."

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Not the just important invention, but definitely the best invention: plumbing.

Y'all try going a week without running water and wiping with leaves or newspaper and you'll quickly see that while other things are definitely important, plumbing is the best to have

[-] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Cordage/string. Way more useful than fire and arguably predates it.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago
[-] 0_0j@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago
[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Font kerning?

[-] anothermember@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

The GNOME Desktop Environment?

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[-] JSens1998@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

Microwave. Being able to heat up a hot pocket in just minutes is legendary.

[-] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

I believe argiculture and trade were massive parts of history

[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Electricity

[-] Decency8401@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 months ago

Copper. Because without copper, most of the named things wouldn't be possible to create!

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[-] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Central air

[-] moe93@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

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.

[-] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago

Medicine. Would be right fucked without it

[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

Literature, Writing, Written Word. If we couldn't document and share ideas, we'd be nowhere.

[-] _lilith@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The ability to shape steel. Sounds basic but blacksmiths make the tools for everything else.

[-] Phegan@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

The printing press. It allowed us for the first time to share knowledge at a scale we only dreamed of.

[-] Skanky@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Spray cheese

[-] krelvar@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

The time machine.

[-] Belgdore@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago
[-] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

For people that really really need air conditioning, it's an amazing thing

The vast majority of people who have it don't need it. Especially in, ahem, that one country

It's horrendously wasteful

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[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago

Irrigation. But Iron Working and Celestial Navigation are good shouts too.

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