Invention and Worth in History

invention and worth in history:

it is agreed that the event of an invention of great worth, which would aid the world and all the people in it forever after, is one of the most worthy of historical record. gossip and related news of people of the time may spark idle curiosity, social animals that we are, but surely are of lesser importance, is it not? for people and their relationships and struggles in life may possess a timelessness, an eternal difficulty, that only confuse the true record of progress.

there was once an ancient world without developed language, without knowledge of health and lifestyle and accepted manners of behaviour. imagine the dawn of time, a bleak world populated by unwitting people, the initial struggle was immense. once language had developed, and people could communicate, the first progress was made and relationships could develop. from then on, the ongoing question was and still is, how does everything work?

each point in progress, major and minor, deserves studying. what was the original idea in someone's mind? how did he or she develop it and what were the conditions at the time? an invention, whether it be cultural or material, a machine or otherwise, if taken up by most, is a process involving real change.

in the ancient woods of early days, the first concepts of self and other, and shared activity, dominated the invention of language. the world to be observed closely followed.

perhaps one day, all will be known, and everything provided for, and perhaps only then, will be the true end of history as a story of progress.

CLEARCHARGE