Historical Honor Society
The Greatest Impact on Human Society
Throughout the history of the world there have been many important and revolutionary inventions such as the printing press, the steam engine and the automobile. All of these inventions had major impacts on the way humans lived and aided in changing or shaping new and future societies. These inventions all largely effected past generations and civilizations but with the help of new inventions, modern day technology is developing at an increasingly exponential rate. One major invention that has helped accelerate the modernization of technology is the internet. It has tremendously increased communication all over the world therefore spreading ideas, stories, and inspiration worldwide. It has also increased the amount of information made available to people all over the world. The internet has had a positive impact on our ability to communicate and spread information. The internet provides various opportunities to communicate with people around the world. It came into existence because of the need for communication and has furthermore expanded our abilities to correspond with one another. Ways of communication include email, instant messaging, video calls and more. It has been speculated that this has caused people to create relationships with computers rather than people because of the lack of face to face interaction. While this can be true, it has also created means for people who are shy or quiet to form a relationship that might not have happened if it hadn’t been for the internet. It also gives businesses opportunities to expand, advertise and interact with clients by creating a website that could reach people unfamiliar with their company. Not only have communication methods expanded but the amount of resources available to people has increased and continues to increase every day. Information on the internet is abundant from “how-to’s” to the latest news to articles on cell