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What's the piece of technology that has impacted the modern world the most? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If you ask me? Mobile/WiFi internet... The way and amount of time we use our phones had changed A LOT since their diffusion. I guess the release of the iPhone changed our idea of what a phone is too

Edit: when I say modern world I'm referring to the last 50 years. So stuff like "the electricity" or "the telephone" doesn't count.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I read that washing machines had a big impact, manual washing of clothes could take a full day of work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Glad to see someone has mentioned this. Huge gains in time in the day for a huge part of the population.