The Simplest Thing May Not Come That Simple

There are many things around us that seem simple, and is already part of our daily life. We are so used to seeing such things that we don't think how did these things come about. No, I am not talking intangible things like friendship, love, care, concern etc like many other articles out there had already talked about. I am talking about tangible things, or rather products. Many products that we use in our daily life may seem simple, but I can assure you that they all take immense creativity to make it happen.

Let's look at some examples:

1. Hot Dog Bun

Hot dog bun is something I'm sure everyone has eaten before, and most people like it. The hot dog adds a salty flavour and chewy bite to an otherwise bland and dry bun, and at the same time make it more filling for our tummy due to the meat content. It seems very simple; just slice up the bun and stuff a hot dog in, and indeed it is very simple. However, do anyone have any idea how much creativity it takes for the first person who came up with the idea of a hot dog bun? At least I know that I'm not creative enough to come up with this idea hundreds of years ago before it appeared.

2. Shelf

A shelf is a must-have furniture in every household because it allows us to organise our things neatly. However, the most brilliant part about a shelf is that it creates additional area that you don't already have using floor area that you already have. Confused? Before the first shelf was being invented, we could only leave our things lying around on the floor. When there are too many things, the things will occupy too much of our floor area, leaving us with little walkway. Surely, smarter people will stack up their things so that there will be more walkway. However, when they want to take a certain item and it is right at the bottom of a stack, it will be very troublesome and time-wasting. By using a shelf, we are creating additional areas to put our things, and they are not stacked right on top of each other, making it easy for us to take any one item.

3. Bag

Having a bag is very convenient as it allows us to bring along with us many items that we could not have managed with our bare hands. It is just a simple container where we can put anything we need on the go. Simple as it may seem, again, will you be able to come up with such an idea before the idea of a bag first surface? Not many people may be able to do so.

Above are just some examples of simple things that we see, use, consume everyday, but the changes that they bring to our life is drastic. Living in this generation, we are all blessed with such simple yet brilliant inventions. Simple as they may seem, these are the outcome of our ancestor's creative brain juice. 

The downside of living in this generation, however, is that we lack such problem-solving creativity. How many of us can create something all-new now? We can only at best modify and improvise on past creations, but not create something never seen before. Our brains are mostly clouded with complex stuff like computer and machine, and the simplest thing somehow become not as simple anymore.

-The god has spoken