Most important invention of the last 50 years- the internet or the microchip?

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but would the internet have been possible without microchips (microprocessors, memory chips,...)?

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No.

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but would the internet have been possible without microchips (microprocessors, memory chips,...)?

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Nothing in modern technology would be possible without the microchip.

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Chicken and the egg. Can't really have one without the other

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You absolutely can. The microchip was invented way before the internet was a thing.

Microchip #1 for sure.

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You absolutely can. The microchip was invented way before the internet was a thing.

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And wheels were invented before cars as well.

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And wheels were invented before cars as well.

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Microchips can be used in many other things and do not need the internet to be valued. You can't say the same thing of the internet. It is pretty much dependent on the chips.

Same as your example. Wheels are still valuable if cars did not exist and can be used in many other ways. Cars however, are nothing without wheels.

Because the Internet wouldn't exist without the invention of the micro chip, the microchip is the obvious answer to the op question.

A better question would be.... "Taking away the fact that the Internet wouldn't exist without the microchip, what invention was a bigger leap and/or more important, the Internet or the microchip"

I would think the answer is still the microchip