Summary of Tech Reading

In the article "How Science and Life Interacted During the American Revolution," compiled by Danny Blas, we came to a conclusion that society was changed during the Industrial Revolution. As a result of the Revolution, people moved to cities and changed from an agriculturally based economy, to an industrial one.

Technology helped changed the way we moved around. Before, we had horse based technology, which at its height was horse drawn carriages. Now, they had access to trains, planes, and automobiles. With these inventions, traveling was made significantly less challenging.

Technology also helped us gain more knowledge. With the printing press, newspapers and books were easily made. Before the printing pres, books were handmade, costing lots of money and an hours. Now that printing was made easy, your average joe could read a book without it costing an arm and a leg.

Annotated Version of the readings compiled by Danny Blas