Countless di???v?ri?? ?nd inv?nti?n? h?v? been m?d? thr?ugh?ut ?ur hi?t?r?. S?m? ?f th? d?v?l??m?nt? have b??n minor, ??m? ?f th?m h?v? b??n major, ??m? h?v? been ?h?rt-liv?d, and ?th?r ?v?nt? h?v? b??n m?r? ?riti??l and l?ng?r-l??ting.
Th?r? h?v? b??n ??rt?in developments thr?ugh?ut our hi?t?r? th?t h?v? been ?? vit?ll? im??rt?nt t? humanity th?t th?? ?r? ??n?id?r?d th? ??l? f??t?r behind ?ll ?f hum?nkind, collectively m?king ?r?gr??? ?nd t?king a ?riti??l ?nd everlasting ?t?? f?rw?rd.
For ?x?m?l?, consider how th? ?r??ti?n ?f f?rming ??ui?m?nt ?nd f?rtiliz?r? ?ll?w?d for th? exponential growth ?f f??d ?ut?ut? fr?m fixed ?i???? ?f l?nd. Without th??? inv?nti?n? and di???v?ri??, the world w?uld n?t have b??n able t? ?u???rt th? ?x?l??iv? ???ul?ti?n gr?wth th?t w? have witn????d across th? globe.