Pony Express is a technology. This is because they were working towards dealing with issues that affected the society communication to create a more efficient way of communication that time. Switching from slow train to quick horses was a technology that helped in reducing the time taken to send a letter from one month to ten days. This is an idea put to its practical use, thus making it qualify as a technology. Jeff Thompson foresaw the demise of the technology that was launched by Pony Express by saying that things were to change for the better. He said that the deserts and the mountains will be made more accessible by building of cities and tunneling through the mountains. This indicated that communication and movement would be made easier
