It will be very nice to have a comprehensive list of possible so called "disruptive inventions" or "closing inventions" i.e. such inventions that destroys industries and can do a lot of harm to corporations or states.
as kickstart, order means nothing:
- antigravity
- neutrino beam communications
- force shield
- electricity accumulator with decent power density (orders of magnitude larger than current lithium crap) and reliability
- FTL travel
- high-efficiency fuel powered electricity generator without moving parts
- atomic level 3D printer/copier
- inertial mass control
- simple consumer-grade fuel converter (organic compounds to gas/diesel)
- plants growth speed accelerator
- useable way of making building materials (blocks/bricks) from any soil. ....
Please continue.
Historically, "disruptive" inventions take years to come to fruition. Effective lightbulbs, steam engines, even smartphones, weren't disruptive until people looked backed some years later and were like "huh, the telegraph really did make the world seem smaller."
Perhaps the atom bomb was the one one that was immediate.
Not every great invention was "disruptive" or "closing". In the past there was no such greedy corporations and control obsessed governments we have now. Inventions added to life, without noticeable "disruptions". Moreover, some "disruptive inventions" was not accepted by people and state had to force them, like happened with potato brought from America to Europe. Peasants just ignored that great vegetable that changed a lot of things and completely changed food market.
"Closing inventions" work quick and can do real harm, like happened with tape recording replaced with digital f.e. Whole industry was destroyed and corporations was forced to close whole enterprises with huge losses. Some switched to the new technologies, some survived, thanks to other products, but some failed.
Yea, kinda my point. For example, the digital camera was a great invention, and disruptive, but it was gradual. Kodak, the biggest film company in the world ceased to exist because they didn't adopt it. But it took year and years.