85 Big Ideas that Changed the World

ccnull writes "Forbes just put out its well thought-out list of 85 breakthroughs since 1917 (sneakers) that have revolutionized the way we live. This is interesting on a number of levels -- crazy trivia (the microprocessor and the answering machine invented in the same year!?), a reminder of the past (the modem: 1962), and a frightening realization that not much of interest has come out of the last 10 years (a whopping 4 of the 85 ideas). Easily digestible and worth discussing."

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Big Ideas that Changed the World

[limekiller4]

Electing George W. Bush?

Oh, you meant for the better...

Re:Lack of Recent Good Ideas

[jim3e8]

You realize, of course, that this or something similar has been the top ten list of every cranky old man in every human generation after the first one. The world looks wonderful when filtered through the haze of memory.