If you had to choose any invention from any period in history, which do you think changed the world the most?|||The printing press.
Before the press, transfer of information was slow, imperfect, and costly. There was no reliable mechanism to diffuse information or save it for posterity. That meant that people had to continually solve the same fundamental problems, over %26amp; over. After the press, the world of information became available to ordinary folk.
Invention of the press was the critical first technological step leading to the world as we know it.|||The computer/Internet
The airplane|||Easy: Nuclear Weapons.
Why, because Nuclear weapons are not only the %26quot;biggest world-changing invention,%26quot; they are the most dangerous world changing invention to date.
If you asked most important to and productive for mankind, then I%26#039;d go with the printing press.
Most important for %26quot;Modern world%26quot; electricity and all the enslavement it brings with it.|||For the length of time in use and advances brought I would vote for the wheel.|||electricity|||electricity bcuz without it u couldnt have most of the other inventions|||hmm, this ones hard.
electricity
Internet
nuclear weapons
aircraft
cars/vehicles|||The wheel of course. But next to it I%26#039;d say the washing machine. It freed women to look for more than house work. Until then they spent up to three hours a day washing by hand their family clothes, the baby%26#039;s nappies etc.|||Some people say air conditioning.
But even more important than that was window screens. Before screens came along.... birds bugs mice and all kinds of things could just walk or fly into your house... can you imagine!!!|||The mechanical clock. Look it up if you think I%26#039;m joking. It was the first time someone had created a machine that worked successfully and did something worthwhile. It actually was the springboard for the entire Industrial Revolution. Without that Revolution, we would not be using computers right now. We would not be in space. etc.|||The printing press in Europe. It ws practical (unlike Chinese ones), and led to the greatest dissemination of language and learning that built up our civilisation today.
Oh, and beer!|||The printing press - allowed for the quick transfer of information over long distances.
The railroad - allowed for the quick transfer of goods over long distances.
And yes, beer (and bread). A foundation of civilization is the ability to change raw grain into storable and more edible food sources.
