Mark Wieting
Okay, some other thoughts:
Perhaps on the list should have been
PBS
Flat screen TVs [anybody still using a CRT?]. [My brother-n-law bought a house in South Haven, Michigan, and the people he and his wife bought it from left EVERYTHING in the house from little soaps from the Marriott, Charleston, SC--and many other Marriotts--to the monstrous Sony big-screen TV--6' tall, 4' wide, 3' deep. It sort of worked but the picture was definitely non-HD. Probably cost $3,000 when new. A 43' LG TV at Costco these days is $329.
Splenda
Egg Beaters
Diet drinks [Coke, Pepsi, Tab, Royal Crown?]
Self-lighting charcoal, no liquid required?
Nike running shoes--if you are into running.
The cell phone masquerading as a paving brick
Solar panels? Gigantic windmills to generate electricity without fossil fuels? Nuclear?
The 1996 BMW 328i convertible that EVERYONE wants. [And is in my garage. Worth upwards of $3,000.]
And, Tom, yes, bacon has been around for hundreds of years. It's the bits in the bag in the refrigerator that make life much easier, unless you're a vegetarian. And there's probably a vegetarian equivalent.
I suppose we could start a list of innovations from the 21st Century that are just as important as Splenda, from Space Tourism [when are you going?] to flip phones to Teslas and Netflix. Anybody want to start a list?
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