you're looking at it.
No, I don't mean the Internet, flat screens or anything like that. I
mean language.
It lets us cooperate and collaborate. It lets us pass knowledge from
generation to generation without waiting for natural selection to weed
out those that haven't picked up on something. It lets us entertain
and be entertained. And it lets us build our own ideas on the
foundations of ideas dreamt up by others.
So forget the wheel, the internal combustion engine or even the
control of fire. The bright sparks who created language are the
greatest inventors of all time.
If you can think of a better invention, tell me about it in the
comments space below.
