I wouldn't say that e-mail is the greatest invention, but it's ticked a fair share of companies off from phone companies to the post office. Everyone's losing money, why spend money to call long distance if you can just send an e-mail, why buy a pack of stamps when you can just get everyone's e-mail addresses. They've tried to come up with ways to make their money back, charging for e-mail, but it's never worked. So I'd say maybe e-mail is one of the biggest challenges for many companies in the 20th century... how do they make back the money that they lost because of it? Or can they?

I'm not sure what I think the greatest invention is... there's so much to choose from. Computers, internet, cars, planes, medical advances. All are greatest in different ways.

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