Demokrazy

If I were pressed to name the greatest invention of all time, I would probably go with voting. It's such a stunningly elegant idea in itself, but even more than that, we keep coming up with new ways to use it thousands of years after its invention. For instance, we use it to identify our pop stars and the leaders of many developed countries, and people in the film industry use it to tell us what movies we should have seen from the previous year. And who knows what we'll use it for in the future? Entertainment? Already halfway there. Scientific discovery? Despite resistance, things are moving in that direction. High-speed transportation? Sure, why not?

We could even use voting to decide what was the greatest invention of all time. If we did, my vote would be for voting.