Three choices, and you only get to pick one:
Of these three developments that took place in the second half of the 20th century, which has had the most enduring impact on our lives today?
1. The building of the interstate highway system.
2. The blanketing of the United States with coast-to-coast television.
3. The introduction and spread of the Internet.
We're finally far enough into the 21st century that we can look at the previous one with the perspective that comes with distance. American life prior to 1950 felt nothing like American life feels now, and a big reason is those three changes.
They, more than any fleeting headline event or arcane political controversy, transformed everything; the question for you is, which of them changed things the most?
read more:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/14/greene.20th.century.innovation/index.html?hpt=C2
without the Internet I will not be posting at Siccness.net
Of these three developments that took place in the second half of the 20th century, which has had the most enduring impact on our lives today?
1. The building of the interstate highway system.
2. The blanketing of the United States with coast-to-coast television.
3. The introduction and spread of the Internet.
We're finally far enough into the 21st century that we can look at the previous one with the perspective that comes with distance. American life prior to 1950 felt nothing like American life feels now, and a big reason is those three changes.
They, more than any fleeting headline event or arcane political controversy, transformed everything; the question for you is, which of them changed things the most?
read more:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/14/greene.20th.century.innovation/index.html?hpt=C2
without the Internet I will not be posting at Siccness.net
