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1999 : WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INVENTION IN THE PAST TWO THOUSAND YEA [1]

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Steven Rose [6]
neurobiologist, is Professor of Biology and Director, Brain and Behaviour Research Group
neurobiologist, is Professor of Biology and Director, Brain and Behaviour Research Group, The Open Universit

I don't need a page. The answer is clear: inventions are concepts, not just technologies, so the most important are the concepts of democracy, of social justice, and the belief in the possibility of creating a society free from the oppressions of clas, race, and gender.

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[5] http://edge.org/print/response-detail/10479
[6] http://edge.org/memberbio/steven_rose