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Invented in 1793, the cotton gin changed history for good and bad. By allowing one field hand to do the work of 10, it powered a new industry that brought wealth and power to the American South — but, tragically, it also multiplied and prolonged the use of slave labor. Kenneth C. Davis lauds innovation, while warning us of unintended consequences.
Lesson by Kenneth C. Davis, animation by Sunni Brown.
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All of these inventions conceived, designed, and built by people of European descent. Other things invented by white people include:
Submarines, electric lights, nuclear power, microwaves, CAT scans, automobiles, hydraulic, wind turbines, backhoes & excavators, jet airplanes, aluminum, ballpoint pen, hydroelectric dams, steam power, trains & diesel locomotives, tractors, modern pharmaceuticals, open heart surgery, satellites, radios, telephones, televisions, arch & tig welding, computers, transistors, milling machines, plasma and hydrojet cutting, microchips, titanium, telescope, democracy, capitalism, modern farming, x-rays, typewriters, sewing machines, gyroscope, SCUBA systems, pasteurization, center pivot irrigation systems, bicycles, hypodermic needles, Velcro, microphones & amplified speakers, space travel, airplanes, fiber optics, ultrasounds, internet, printing press, container ships, aircraft , GPS, modern textiles, calculus, dynamite, internal combustion engine, Kevlar, moving assembly lines, antibiotics, aspirin, refrigerators, chainsaws petroleum production, trigonometry, helicopters, thermometer, glass mirrors, directional drilling, Astrophysics, crop rotation, carbon fiber, super conductors, particle colliders, pneumatic tires, MRI, sextant, robotics, telea a graph, microscope, firearms, penicillin, refined oil and fuels, hovercraft, computers, carbon 14 dating, angioplasty, telescope, pipelines, open heart surgery, tower cranes, chemo therapy, light emitting diodes, motion pictures, cameraswas was, digital cameras, CD/DVD, concrete, dynamite, lithium batteries, LED lights, refrigerators, nylon, water pumps, radar, sonar, satellites, distillation, electric motors, magnetic compass, sextant, clocks, plastics, vaccines, vulcanized rubber, insulin, combine grain harvesters, zippers, and concrete …. Just to name a few.
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