Time magazine has just released its list of the 50 greatest ideas of all time. In an OTW exclusive, we've been given permission to print the list in its entirety. I know right? Boy, I hope they pay me by the premise; I'd have a whole dime by now. Anyway, listen, this is a list of all of the best ideas which came about some time after the greatest idea of all twirled its spindly grey fingers around the throat of western culture: organized religion. In terms of influence and longevity, that one takes the taco.
1. Organized religion 2. Sandwichs 3. Movable type print 4. Photoshop 5. Morse code 6. Seppuku 7. Solipsism 8. The second theory of relativity 9. Snuggies 10. Stop motion animation 11. Saturday night specials 12. Involuntary manslaughter 13. Rap music 14. Flash drives 15. Planned obsolescence 16. Teflon 17. Bottled water 18. Indoor plumbing 19. Anachronistic theater adaptations 20. Democracy 21. Chasing the dragon 22. Eminent Domain 23. The Categorical Imperative 24. Yo Gabba Gabba 25. Pet rock 26. Military intelligence 27. Personification 28. Pragmatism 29. The 21st Amendment 30. Kramer's Law 31. Supererogationisticextraobligation! 32. Verisimilitude 33. Slinky 34. The 2nd Amendment 35. Divine Retribution 36. Atonal compositions 37. Supply-side reaganomics 38. Onemonepia 39. Penis envy 40. The Death of the Author 41. Rehabilitation 42. Juxtaposition 43. Stoicism 44. Publicly-owned utilities 45. Top ten lists 46. Booty calls 47. Mixing the 2nd and 21st amendments, shaken, with a twist 48. Hope 49. Falsificationism 50. Irony
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