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What's the greatest invention of 21st century, in your opinion? (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by starman@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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By greatest invention I mean something that had big and positive influence.

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[–] tmpod@lemmy.pt 5 points 5 months ago

Was going to say that too. Regardless of the motives and driving forces behind the incredible speed at which the vaccines were developed (i.e. certainly a similar urgency could be applied to other diseases killing thousands and millions in poorer countries, but there ain't as much interest in that), the mRNA technology proved quite powerful and an avenue to continue exploring in future research.