The most important invention in your lifetime is…

What a question from the daily writing prompt. One answered 2 years ago in a post called Invent.

How does this update answer sound?

The answer is, of course life itself. Something that reinvents itself each day. We go on. We struggle. We adapt and change. We bring new life into the world. We raise and nurture our children. We love, share, laugh, cry, morn, celebrate, and relax with family, friends and strangers. We invent ways to survive.

There might be something someone somewhere is working on today that will be the most important invention. Maybe that invention is another person.

I think I’ll invent communication. Oh, you say it’s already here with the massive devices, tv’s, radios and meetings we have? Well, getting the message out is one thing. Having people listen and understand is another. It is part of the same cycle, isn’t it?

I have no idea of the gazillion things invented in my lifetime. what is most important. I do know that I’m not totally comfortable with the emergence of AI. If the past isn’t a good example of inventions that have gotten away from us, we might want to take a moment to pause and get a grip now.