Taking into consideration the opinions and suggestions of other students, I realized that focusing too much on the "cool" high-tech advancements we use today might actually be keeping me from seeing what is truly necessary in our lives. So I kept most of the bare-bone necessities and some of the really impactful technological advancements and added a few items that are really crucial for our survival, especially ones involving food and health.
Items to keep:
- Plumbing
- Electric circuits
- Turing's machine
- Man-made satellites
- Glass
Items to add:
Wheel
- one of the first forms of non-human-powered transportation
- still the basis of the majority of the world's transportation today (bicycles, automobiles, and even airplanes use wheels)
- used in the mechanics of many machines
Agriculture
- most of the first human societies formed through agriculture (this is how the shift from hunting gathering and settled livelihoods occurred)
- a major source of our (healthiest) foods today
Harnessed Fire
- cooking + sterilizing food and water
- keeping warm, heating up water systems for showers/baths
Genetic Engineering
- a major source of medical advancements
- vaccines are made by genetically engineering viruses into a form that can be injected into humans
- a method to mass-produce insulin for people with diabetes
- growth hormones, antibodies can also be produced with genetic engineering
Penicillin
- antibiotic that can treat various serious/deadly bacterial infections
- makes treating such serious diseases very easy
Hello Grace,
ReplyDeleteGenetic engineering is something I definitely did not think about but it is quite important as you can see not only in human development but also in the agricultural setting to make weed resistant crops.
Hi Grace,
ReplyDeleteLooks good. I liked how you separated the list and made it very clear what you were keeping from last time and what you were adding and the reasons behind them. The descriptions (small suggestion) could be a bit longer and more detailed, but they did get straight to the point and that was valuable for me. But I like how direct to the point you get. Thanks for the post!