As a species, what is mankind’s greatest achievement, e.g. the moon landing, the arts, medicine or what?
Mankind’s Greatest Achievement
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The first two that come to mind are the moon landings and modern medicine such as vaccines
Medical discoveries, like penicillin/antibiotics, vaccinations, anaesthetic, etc. ?
We've had many great achievements, but our greatest failure has undermined them all...which is our inability (or unwillingness) to deal with and overcome the corruption of power.
Moving from hunter/gatherer to crop raising. Everything elese, thanks to "men in sheds" just followed along in a fairly logical progression, need/desire established then, on to development.
Some see "corruption of power". Others see their side winning. It's al in one's perspective I suppose.
Some see "corruption of power". Others see their side winning. It's al in one's perspective I suppose.
If number of lives saved is the measuring stick, vaccines or GMO crops.
Written Language. Think of how stunted human progress and development would be if we weren't able to keep an objective record of the success and failures of previous generations. Something about re-inventing the wheel. Some of their legacy would last, but not all the knowledge contained therein.
For example: We see the pyramids but don't know exactly how they were built. As advanced as we think we are, we just don't know. If there were a few sentences written and preserved on this subject, there would be no question.
Just my opinion.
For example: We see the pyramids but don't know exactly how they were built. As advanced as we think we are, we just don't know. If there were a few sentences written and preserved on this subject, there would be no question.
Just my opinion.
Electricity.
Mass energy distribution is the foundation of almost every advancement in the last 100 years.
(I would put computers at #1 but that also directly resulted in the Internet and Social Media, so it's entirely possible we'd be better off just living in a Steampunk world still using Morse code and Lettermail for communication).
Mass energy distribution is the foundation of almost every advancement in the last 100 years.
(I would put computers at #1 but that also directly resulted in the Internet and Social Media, so it's entirely possible we'd be better off just living in a Steampunk world still using Morse code and Lettermail for communication).
Briar smoking pipes and Virginia Flake tobacco. All others pale by comparison.
The moon landing. It was a great team of brilliant engineers and scientists, led by that modern genius, Kubrick. 
honestly art. If humans didn't have art we'd in my opinion would amount to a bunch of bad monkeys without all the charm other primates have.
