The Most Underrated Invention of All Time

You’re Using it as You Read This

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You know what this is.

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At least, you think you know what these are.

Really think about it for a second.

Could you physically point to the number 1?

Or any of them?

A lot of people tend to go through their entire lives thinking that numbers are useless.

Mathematics is useless.

Functions are useless.

Calculus is useless.

Think about forming sentences for a second.

See how I just did that?

I put all these words in the order that I put them in because I know that order.

I know that your eyes will move exactly in the order that I am writing this.

And I know that this exact order is going to give you an understanding of what I am writing.

And how do I know how to do that?

How do you know how to do that?