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Technology & Future ·Wednesday, October 21, 2026

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If you could un-invent one technology, which would it be?

Greek fire was an incendiary weapon used by the Byzantine Empire, believed to have been invented around 672 CE. It could burn on water and was used against enemy ships. Its exact formula was a closely guarded secret and was lost, and historians still debate what it contained.

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20%
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It’s a tie.

“Social media. It changed how we see ourselves and each other”

“Nuclear weapons. Nothing else could end everything at once”

“The smartphone. Always reachable, never fully present”

“The internet. Too much connection, too much noise”

“None of them. The problem is how we use things, not the things”

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Social media. It changed how we see ourselves and each other
20%
Nuclear weapons. Nothing else could end everything at once
20%
The smartphone. Always reachable, never fully present
20%
The internet. Too much connection, too much noise
20%
None of them. The problem is how we use things, not the things
20%
The car. Pollution, sprawl and lives lost on the road
0%
Plastic. Convenient for a century and now everywhere
0%
Something else. My answer isn’t on this list
0%

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