For me, it's the wheel.
>>103020957integrated circuitfpbp /thread
>>103020957The desktop. We should’ve stopped all progress after 2000.
>>103020957Writing, probably. In terms of influence, it's gotta be the stone axe.
What's the best frog-killing technology?
>>103021006From what I hear it's a pot of cold water and a stove.
soap
>>103020957Iron dome
>>103021006Filters
>>103020957im fond of fire
did man invent or discover math?
>>103020957leonhard euler
Fritz Haber found a way of making nitrogen compounds from the air. Increased farming output to miracle levels, we have billions of people and still have resources because of his techniquehe also created chemical warfare.
>>103021711the difference is, haber did it for whites.norman bourlag was even more impactful in terms of number of humans affected because he did it for shitskins. and now the world population is unsustainable and we need a big flushing of the toilet
>>103021411everything right we discovered, everything wrong we invented
>>103020957If you consider philosophical concepts as technology, then you might say the scientific method.Though I think the greatest technology driving progress has been sophistry.
>>103020957Fire.There is a reason the theft of fire is a cross-cultural mythological motif. Fire is the original technology. Our mastery of it is what set us on the course that separates us from the rest of nature. Fire is the archetype of all technology, a symbol of progress, renewing struggle, and the future that awaits us. We worshiped it and things in its image, including the sun, the stars, and things like the holy spirit or soul which are often viewed as a spiritual flames.