I think we’ve all seen it; What was the greatest invention of all time? Maybe you decided it was the printing press, the computer, the telephone, the electricity, the cars, the jets, the washing machines, the microwave ovens, the toilet paper, or maybe you came back and said it was a fire, fences or building. a raft. The reality is, those are all very good answers, and depending on how intellectual you are or where you live, your answers will vary. If you live in a very hot desert, you could say air conditioning, or if you live on an island, you could say a fishing net. Let’s go ahead and talk some more, shall we?

You see, not long ago I bought a very interesting book that addressed this question, and I did it by interviewing some notable people in human history, at least in the present. People who are actually considered the thinkers of our time, people we would like to consult, people we would like to hear and get their opinion on about something of this magnitude. It is a book that I would like to recommend to you at this time;

The name of the book is “The Greatest Inventions of the Last 2000 Years: Today’s Leading Thinkers Choose the Creations That Shape Our World”, edited by John Brockman, published by Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 2000, 192 pages, ISBN: 0-684-85998-X.

The end of this book was written by Jared Diamond, who also wrote the book “Collapse”. This book was written in two parts; How we live and how we think. Interestingly, this is a follow-up book to a 1995 book titled; The third culture. Although I have not read the first book, I am so impressed with this book that I think I will go find it to a second hand bookstore or buy the Kindle version from Amazon. I enjoyed reading some of the answers that I didn’t immediately think of, such as the electric motor, plow, calculus, eraser, birth control pill, genetic sequencing, battery, hay, and ladders.

In this section on How We Think, there were all kinds of philosophical ideas like our place in the cosmos, evolution by selection, the scientific method, the concept of education, the theory of probability, time, the human ego, self-government, and quantum theory. . Yes, as I said, this is a very good book, and you must own it if you are a thinker or wish to be intrigued. It is the perfect book to take to a coffee shop, each answer is explained in approximately one page and lasts more than 150 pages. Consider all of this and think about it.