The Effects of the Computer and the Society

The invention of the wheel was the precursor to our entire transportation system beginning with the cart and progressing to buggies, automobiles and trains. The profound effect of the invention of the printing press changed society by enlightening, educating and bringing the world together. The Industrial Age and Ford?s invention of the assembly line would increase production and manufacturing to provide societies world wide with their needed goods. In the twentieth century, however, there was an invention whose impact on society would far outreach any of its predecessors, the computer. The invention of the computer altered life, as we knew it, in extremely profound ways. Along with the positive effects on our society, we need to deal with the negative impacts as well. Computers are continuously evolving, and so is the effect they have on our society now and will have in the future. -Elijah ^^ Domingo