The invention that’s contributed the most toward the betterment of mankind isn’t the internet, the polio vaccine or even electricity – not even close Mister. The single invention that’s done the most to improve my quality of life is Caller ID. With the aid of this technological advancement, I’m able to avoid phone calls from annoying people like telemarketers, ex-boyfriends, children’s charities, bill collectors and my mother. Just like people who say they can’t remember what life was like before they had kids, I have pre-caller ID amnesia.

Some Archeologists say that back in the stone ages, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, if you called someone and they were on the phone, you’d hear something called “a busy signal.” How pre-historic. Those poor cavegirls had to scream at everyone in their cave to stay off the phone so she wouldn't miss a call from her cavedude asking her out for velociraptor burgers. These primitives also left behind cave drawings showing phones attached by a cord to the wall. While hotly disputed by anthropologists, there’s also evidence that phones used to have round dials, which would make texting about as speedy as a mammoth swimming laps in the La Brea tar pits.

I’m grateful for technological advancements because I always know who’s calling and more important, I know who to avoid. I can’t imagine going back to the pre-caller ID stone age. Although, as much as things change and technology advances, I’m still stuck waiting for my caveman to call.

That’s why I’m grateful for technological advancements.