• Philosophy

    Politics, Innovation, and History

    Part of this month is looking at history and culture. A particular video I watched talks about history and timelines and what’s usually included. Inventions and sometimes the implementation of simple ideas have changed the world, but are often not prioritized as they perhaps should be. The invention of the transatlantic telegraph was monumental to society as a whole but we’re more likely to remember that World War 2 started in 1939. The invention of the internet has changed our world, communication, and economics among other things, but we’re more likely to know the names of presidents than we are to know the name of the man that started it. Not…