The importance of the telegraph

Over the past 100 years their has been many advances in technology. There is no doubt that technology has affected our society and surroundings in a variety of different ways; both positively and negative. In many societies, technology has helped develop more advanced economies and in China and some other parts of the world advanced technological processes have been devastating to the earth's environment. But how did we get to where we are today? In the last discussion on February 24th we spoke about the telegraph and how it shaped the start of advances of different types of technology. The telegraph which was a machine used for transmitting messages in the form of electrical impulses played a major role in communication during the late 1800s and 1900s. This device made it possible for transmitting and receiving messages over extreme long distances. I believe without the invention of the telegraph other inventions such as the telephone and internet and other means of communication would not be around today. Obviously this is just my opinion but I do believe the telegraph how a huge impact on the technology we have today. It paved the way for new advances in technology and ultimately made the world seem much smaller.