> If we had the sketch to how toilet paper was first developed would we hold it this level of reverence? Yes, of course. In fact, it'd probably be a museum pie

> If we had the sketch to how toilet paper was first developed would we hold it this level of reverence? Yes, of course. In fact, it'd probably be a museum piece. > What is the fascination with such trivial technologies grabbing a mindshare? The same as with your fascination with this fascination; ie., we like to try to understand what makes people do what they do. There's an inner sociologist in most of us.