The world wide web is the embodiment of all the technological innovation that has taken place in the last 40 years. And the interesting thing is that it was constructed using many important physical inventions that could all reasonably be proposed like the microchip and the computer and the internet. But it has the absolutely vital final ingredient that really let it run free and that is people and ideas. The physical technology has provided a platform for people from all over the planet to communicate and share ideas and information and for this reason it is my nomination as the 100th object.
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