How Did Edison Change The World

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After reading the chapter and the PowerPoint presentation, I would say that there was one man who was an extraordinary talent. He have created for us the electricity, light bulbs, and etc., and his name is Thomas Alva Edison and he saw a future and Edison left a remarkable impact on the American society and worldwide, he changed a lot of inventing this technology we have been for years now. Also, he was the first Americans to invent something which wasn’t done before. There are many things which Edison have created, but I would say that the light bulbs and electricity were the most important which was invented by him. Edison introduced the new technology to the people and start appreciating me for this. He created something which was never created before and slowly it’s been important parts of our daily life. …show more content…
I would say that it’s helped more businesses because of the light bulbs they can open business for longer hours, meaning even after the sunset and which is good for the economy. These days we cannot live without it, I would say that life’s of people have improved after the inventions by Edison, and we should always be thankful to Edison for the light we have today. According to the biography website they said that “Thomas Edison was not the inventor of the first light bulb, he came up with the technology that helped bring it to the masses” (biography.com). It took many years for Edison to come up with perfect material which can last longer, and I said before it made our life’s very easy. When this technology came out it’s was expensive but as the time pass by the price of light bulbs get reduced. We always see that first price is higher and then after a few years the price get

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