10 Inventions That Changed the World in Ways We Didn’t Expect
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http://io9.com/5951267/10-inventions-that-changed-the-world-in-ways-we-didnt-expect?utm_source=deadspin.com&utm_medium=recirculation&utm_campaign=recirculation
1. The Haber-Bosch process
2. Vaccines
3. The birth control pill
4. Fiber Optics
5. Factory farming
6. Reflection seismology
7. Supply chain management
8. Shipping containers
9. Plastic
10. Operations research and linear programming
1. The Haber-Bosch process
2. Vaccines
3. The birth control pill
4. Fiber Optics
5. Factory farming
6. Reflection seismology
7. Supply chain management
8. Shipping containers
9. Plastic
10. Operations research and linear programming
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Internet should be number 1
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And_So_It_Burns wrote: »Internet should be number 1
yeah, first thing that I thought of. meh, still a good list.
what about cigarettes (at least in teh context of the U.S.)? weren't they very popular in the 50s, but nobody knew anything about the negative health effects?
what about guns?
condoms?
the media (including television)? -
From what I've read, i think most people behind the creation of the internet expected it to change the world and the world is mostly aware that it does. Seems their talking more about things people don't normally acknowledge as world changing but have great impact on civilization.
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FuriousOne wrote: »From what I've read, i think most people behind the creation of the internet expected it to change the world and the world is mostly aware that it does. Seems their talking more about things people don't normally acknowledge as world changing but have great impact on civilization.
yeah i see where your coming from
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No GMO?
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lol at the Obama Pic
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PORN...
i would have never thought porn would make chicks think they are valuable an write books and ? .
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I would have never thought the ? would be sold to kids(candy bars) then cause a massive drug war with adults(mexico)
The IC
making Pico sought after and ? getting exposed
i mean who would have thought