Humanity's 10 greatest inventions: the other 9?
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bikeworkshop
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The sound of the electric guitar!
90's Ninja
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the Shake Weight
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Sorry, you seem to have spelt 'enslavement' wrong, assuming you are talking about organized crim... Errmmm Religion?
argonsixar
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Dreamies. Sorry my cat made me add this 
MattiThundrrr
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Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan argued that the lightbulb was the first invention of "the information age". He claimed that it freed humans from the constraints of the sun, allowing us to learn and advance knowledge.
"A light bulb creates an environment by its mere presence"
"A light bulb creates an environment by its mere presence"
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MattiThundrrr
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Religion has become like our appendix; doesn't really do what it was supposed to anymore, and occasionally it'll blow up and kill you
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bikeworkshop
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To be fair to religion, it probably initially brought expected standards of civilised behaviour to humanity - leading to:
The Rule of Law
One of my friends who grew up in India put this forward.
It's easy for us in the developed world to scoff at the idea - but I've also been places where the rule of law doesn't reach and it can get very ugly very fast
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That is why I quantified my answer as 'Organized', it is fine having a guide to live by, but when someone starts making demands or money...To be fair to religion, it probably initially brought expected standards of civilised behaviour to humanity - leading to:
The Rule of Law
One of my friends who grew up in India put this forward.
It's easy for us in the developed world to scoff at the idea - but I've also been places where the rule of law doesn't reach and it can get very ugly very fast
