85 Big Ideas that Changed the World

Forbes just put out a list of 85 breakthroughs since 1917 (sneakers) that have revolutionised the way we live. This is interesting on a number of levels, a reminder of the past (modem: 1962), and a frightening realisation that not much of interest has come out of the last 10 years (only 4 of the 85 ideas) — via Slashdot