In my opinion, the greatest inventions of mankind are, in order:1. The Spoken Language
2. The Written Language
3. The Press (by Gutemberg)
4. The Internet
All the inventions above are about communication with oneself and with others; and with the preservation of knowledge.
It's communication that has allowed self-expression, thought, art, love to develop as well as the appearance of civilization. As human beings we are deep social beings with the need to interact with each other.
The preservation of knowledge allows us to benefit from all the experience, thoughts, discoveries and inventions that took place before us. To quote Isaac Newton “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
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