Electricity Shrinking the World!

In Carey's selection "Time, Space, and the Telegraph" we witness how the telegraph had a dramatic impact in society especially from the economic standpoint. The telegraph allowed America to be closer and a tighter knit community than previously was allowed. Sellers and consumers were no longer isolated by path of foot, rather reached new peaks as communication allowed for more relatively similar prices throughout the nation. As Carey states like the computer, the telegraph” had its first and most profound impact on the conduct of commerce, government, and the military." This seems to be a trend in all technology. The reason the general public widely accepts an innovative technological advancement is because the government instills it upon us. If the government believes the advancement will help the nation economically or militarily, the people will eventually accept it. The telegraph had a wondrous impact on the security f the nation and also in the stock market. Like the telegraph the Internet was endorsed and pushed by the American government to be implemented across the country to unite not only as a leisure technology but it acts as way for the public to be monitored. Our privacy had to be compromised for our security and economical advancement. Technological advancement such as the telegraph helped turn markets from a locality to respond to a more nationalistic assessment.