1999 : WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INVENTION IN THE PAST TWO THOUSAND YEARS?

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Investor; Chairman, EDventure Holdings; Executive Founder, Wellville; Author: Release 2.0
President of EDventure Holdings and editor of Release 1.0

I'd say the notion that people can govern themselves, rather than being governed by someone who claims divine right. (I'm wrestling with that one myself right now, on the Internet.)