People have been doing research because of their curiosity since ancient times. We collected lots of information as the result of this research and we are still collecting. Then, we saw that we could use them to come up with new ideas such as inventions. So we produced new useful things for ourselves. After all this process we reached a very developed point today. So what is the most important invention of all time? Humans are divided into two sides. The first side defends that the most important one is the invention of the wheel. The other side says that the most important is the invention of the alphabet.
According to the proponents of the wheel, the invention of the wheel is the most useful and important one of all time. For them, all of the transportation systems developed after the invention of the wheel. In this way, new trading routes, communication types, and other essential parts of our life advanced through the invention of the wheel. Also, the interaction between all the cultures had increased and this provided better diplomatic events between the countries.
From the other perspective, also the perspective which I agree, the most effective invention is the invention of the alphabet. Sumerians had collected so variety infos and they wanted to store them. So they invented cuneiform. Thanks to the cuneiform, they solved lots of the information with thousands of writing tablets. The invention of cuneiform is more than an invention. Humanity used the infos which were stored in written documents to come up with new inventions. So, written documents such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc. were used as a source to invent new things.
In my opinion, the important thing is not the invention, the important thing is the purpose of the invention and how it is used. It is also important to how can we develop the invention or idea. We should be dynamic, so we have to find better ways. For example, after the invention of the alphabet, there started a war. Every country wanted to destroy all the written documents of other countries to reduce their development level in technology. But they should not have fought with each other. This harmed humanity and science. Also, it reduced the knowledge level of humanity. This delayed some inventions in the time process. They could have built huge information centers to protect the mutual information of humanity.
In conclusion, people collected thousands of pieces of information from the existence of humanity and they needed to store them. So they invented cuneiform and they saved lots of information. All of that makes the invention of the alphabet the most important one. Although if humanity was more aware of the importance of written sources we may be more developed compared to now.