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85 Big Ideas that Changed the World

Posted by michael on from the mass-spectrometer dept.

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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  1. Re:Recent Ideas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Has it revolutionized the world? I've never used a cell phone in my life and have no intention of ever buying one. There are pay-phones on almost every corner everywhere in the world.

  2. Big Ideas that Changed the World by limekiller4 · · Score: 2, Troll

    Electing George W. Bush?

    Oh, you meant for the better...

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    My .02,
    Limekiller
  3. Re:Lack of Recent Good Ideas by jim3e8 · · Score: 0, Troll

    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.

  4. Re:Lead & valves by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And it must gall you so that Reagan was the President when it was banned.

    Sooooooo sorry to have shattered your "Republicans eat babies and hump lasers" theory. Maybe you should try some independent thinking for once, instead of listening to your college professors' rantings.