truthseeker
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Am reading a book of the same title, its a series of contributions from leading thinkers in science, engineering, philosophy etc....edited by John Brockman.
Anyway - you can nominate ideas or concepts as well as physical inventions (one contributor to the book nominated the idea of universitys), or applications that sit upon other inventions (like text messaging - which sits on the fact that mobile phones were invented).
There is no definition of what constitutes 'important' - so make your own interpretation.
My nomination is the advent of the internet. It has had a major cultural impact, changing how people communicate, get information, shop, learn, bank, play games, win money, store information about themselves, date, book events etc...
I would also give a nod to mobile phone technology which has revolutionised how people communicate with each other wordlwide.
What nominations would other people have?
Anyway - you can nominate ideas or concepts as well as physical inventions (one contributor to the book nominated the idea of universitys), or applications that sit upon other inventions (like text messaging - which sits on the fact that mobile phones were invented).
There is no definition of what constitutes 'important' - so make your own interpretation.
My nomination is the advent of the internet. It has had a major cultural impact, changing how people communicate, get information, shop, learn, bank, play games, win money, store information about themselves, date, book events etc...
I would also give a nod to mobile phone technology which has revolutionised how people communicate with each other wordlwide.
What nominations would other people have?