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- Jan 2019
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Science has provided the swiftest communication between individuals; it has provided a record of ideas and has enabled man to manipulate and to make extracts from that record so that knowledge evolves and endures throughout the life of a race rather than that of an individual.
This passage reminds me of the cell phone and how convenient it has made our lives. I use mine to record ideas, take notes, set reminders, and make schedules, and it is all accessible within seconds right from my pocket.
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They have improved his food, his clothing, his shelter; they have increased his security and released him partly from the bondage of bare existence
This sentence stood out to me because it points out the incredible benefits we have received from technology. It has allowed to us to dramatically increase our life spans due to advances in medicine and increase food production by use of GMO’S and pesticides
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