A brief expose on the most important inventions of human history and you will undoubtedly arrive at the wheel as being one of if not the more pivotal. However I would argue that there is another that the rivals the wheel as the quintessential most important invention of all time. That being of course the toilet.
Consider for a moment how important the flush-able toilet is to our civilization. Not since fire has there been any other device as important to the health and care of humanity. Sure wheels help you go places but have you even taken a three year old on a long car ride? If you have then you know that all they care about is how long until you reach the next bathroom.
A night out on the town after consuming a wee bit too much fun and we are all equalized in the presence of the porcelain alter. No other invention is so welcoming after your bachelor/bachelorette party. Is there any room that offers so much privacy as your bathroom? Why else would people claim to meditate while enthroned?
As anyone who has traveled internationally there are few modern conveniences that you miss more when you have to live even a day without. So I urge you to contemplate the incredible value of such technology and ponder that few other advances in human history can render a Blackberry, iPhone, or Andriod device equally undesirable and unusable in one flush.
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