alpha-hydroxy
CoKe
Sugar free cookies
personal computers
internet
lip balm
hair gel
debit cards
white mexican cheese dip.
Accepting your thesis, “The Greatest InventionS” are:
The steam engine
something else
Opal something
I can’t believe no one has mentioned this yet:
Concrete
Another favorite of mine that may not quite rate in the top 10, but always gets utterly forgotten on lists like this:
Corrogated cardboard.
The Keeper.
Medicine
telephone
sunscreen
pen and paper
Peanut Butter
The many uses of Soy beans.
Airplanes
Getting man on the moon/outerspace.
Ramen noodles.
I guess all of my nominations have been mentioned. . . so I’ll just go with one I’m partial to:
1951- Leo Fender unveils his “Precision Bass.”
Another vote for decent sewage systems and glass (for eye-glasses - imagine having to run around horribly near-sighted your whole life. You’d suffer from constant headaches. You wouldn’t be able to climb a hill to see the view. You couldn’t appreciate the night sky. Bottom line, it would suck rocks.)
The uses of antibiotics/vaccines - two words: The Plague
Concept of individual liberty - though it hasn’t spread far enough
Printing press - allowed ideas to spread easily