The early man ate berries and roots that he gathered. After he discovered fire, he was able to cook and eat meat from the small animals that he hunted. He discovered that, if he sharpened a stick, it would help him dig up the roots faster than his bare hands. That is how progress came into being. A necessity has to have a solution. Music is embraced in every culture, and is used to celebrate events and to pass the relevant messages across. With the introduction of the stereo and high tech music gadgets, abuse has resulted to noise. The need to invent earplugs resulted. Without a necessity, a solution cannot occur.
The school syllabuses around the world keeps enlarging with the advancement of technology. The computer is embraced in the classroom, to allow students carry fewer books to the class. A student can learn together with others online from any corner of the globe. People can work and be paid online; because the world has now become a global village, thanks to the introduction of the internet. Open surgeries require a lot of healing time; clever minds have come up with a medical computer that makes surgeries less evasive with shorter healing time. Necessity drives the potential of man to come up with a solution.
Team viewer is software that was invented, because people needed help on how to use the computer. A person can help a colleague finish a project, when he/she goes on a journey from a computer around the world. Life is simplified through inventions. When a necessity occurs, the solution invented becomes a project that benefits the generations to come. The standard of living gets better with these inventions. Technology is the knowledge of better use of tools to make life easier and of better quality. A necessity is good as it creates room for advancement.
The newer generations usually surpassed the older ones. Children born where cell phones and iPods are the everyday items, have more information, to come up with greater inventions making their lives easier than the older generations. Information is free and readily available today, the internet offers the perfect platform, where forums can discuss a problem and a solution found. Ideas gathered helps the people come up with an invention that will take care of the necessity. Communication is very important, as a necessity is brought to light, and a solution is found when like-minded people come together. A necessity is profitable, as the invention can become a trade.
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