Inventions

[the]

What is the most important invention ever invented?

 

[Sriracha]

Indoor plumbing.

 

[acd]

Abortion?

 

[Radiantshadow]

Sophisticated brains, imo. Thank you, evolution.

 

[Sriracha]

The tampon.

 

[hk427f3]

Ceramics.

 

[SealHammer]

Soap.

Keeps you clean, prevents the spread of disease.

 

[just me]

gunpowder

 

[just me]

The wife, who we'll just call Rose right now, says the light bulb.

 

[Matt3737]

Control of fire by early hominids.

 

[Apone]

Control of fire by early hominids.

Either control of fire, or tools… but probably fire.
Agriculture is also essential in order to have any kind of society.

 

[Gaze]

1)farming/agriculture
2)water system
3)fire/electricity
4)indoor plumbing

 

[mindlink]

Pffff the book.

 

[just me]

 

[the]

The magnetic compass.

 

[rawr]

the wheel

 

[Kanamori]

Language and writing.

 

[MindYourHead]

The nail.

 

[UnusedName84]

photovoltaic conversion

magnetic levitation

electrostatic induction

 

[Magikarp]

Everything has been going downhill since the advent of agriculture {people are only people when they move their feet}. The cotton mill sparked the industrial revolution, so maybe that invention has been the most instrumental in bringing about our current situation.