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To: Char Govar who wrote (16912)4/23/1998 9:14:00 AM
From: Bryan Steffen  Read Replies (1) of 25960
 
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"Can anybody name a technological development that, when first introduced, merely fulfilled a well-established function, but that in the long run had radical implications ranging far beyond that initial well-established function."

I have got one that is the predecessor to all major forms of transportation (land based at least).

Paved Roads.

The Romans first used them and dominated most of the civilized world at the time with their benefit. And all that social mumbo jumbo about moving away from cities too.

Bry
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