In your composition mention one invention or discovery you considered to have been most useful in the advancement of civilization and show how this invention or discovery has contributed to the progress of mankind. (Word limit - 300 to 350 words)
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Larry Gormley
During the technology feeding frenzy of the late 1990s many experts declared the Internet one of the most important inventions since the Industrial Revolution. However, after the happenings of the past few years that perspective has changed. While the Internet and the World Wide Web have certainly impacted the lives of many millions of people it is certainly not the greatest invention of the past millennium, in fact it might not even make the the top ten.
As Robert J. Gordon writes, "Internet surfing may be fun, but it represents a far smaller increment in the standard of living than achieved by the extension of day into night achieved by electric light, the revolution in factory efficiency achieved by the electric motor, the flexibility and freedom achieved by the automobile, the saving of time and shrinking of the globe achieved by the airplane, the new materials achieved by the chemical industry, the first sense of live two-way communication achieved by the telephone, the arrival of live news and entertainment into the family parlor achieved by radio and then television, and the enormous improvements in life expectancy, health, and comfort achieved by urban sanitation and indoor plumbing." What are the greatest inventions of the past 1000 years? If we use as the prime criteria 'improving the standard of living', the author presents (with temerity) the following top 10 list:
