The most important invention in your lifetime is…
Happy Black History Month! Happy to say the most important invention in my lifetime has been the GPS. I remember taking family road-trips and pulling out the huge map. Having to pull over and make sure we were going the right way. Which basically took more time to get to our destination.
So I would love to thank Dr. Gladys West for the modern GPS invention. Her intelligence and eagerness provided us with a great invention. Her mathematical modeling made it possible for GPS to exist.
Why this invention is the most important in my lifetime:
- GPS underpins everything now: navigation, aviation, shipping, emergency response, banking timestamps, smartphones, fitness tracking, disaster response, even military operations.
- Entire industries collapse without it — logistics, ride-share, food delivery, global trade.
SN: I remember the time service was down in ATL (now imagine that) 🙃. But during that moment, it made appreciate having GPS even more. Getting lost in these big cities is not fun.
GPS is everywhere, all the time — and it traces back to a Black woman’s math.
Jovial mom 