▶ Your Answer :
Significant contributions to any field of
endeavor have been made by abundant people in human history. Some events were
strongly influenced by past achievements, but some were not at all; therefore,
the argument is not cogent, and unconvincing to me.
Admittedly,
remarkable amounts of inventions, developments, or discoveries have been
achieved inspired by the precedent findings. For example, Steve Jobs has
upgraded computer use among people from experts-only usage to personal computer
usage. Apparently, computer was not a brand new invention by Steve Jobs.
However, Macbook, iPad, iphone, and other devices were being able to meet us because
Steve Jobs did his best to make the computer better as he was strongly
influenced by the early computer models, in other words, early computer
developers. Also, Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder, said he has been
influenced by a series of social networking sites such as MySpace. Based on his
experiences with the previous social networking provider, Mark has come up with
better idea about Facebook, and it is nowadays clear that his achievement is very
significant in the social network industry. In this sense, previous
achievements can influence achievements in the future.
In
spite of these examples that maintain the continuum, several achievements and
discoveries were carried out, and dedicated to human history considerably, by
no influences from the past. The Ford corporation, the one of the first car
manufacturers in the USA, has firstly introduced the auto-assembly conveyor
belt. At the moment the owner tried to launch the line, there were tremendous
protests from employees who concerned their work stability. However, the Ford’s
decision has been made, and which has dramatically contributed to efficient
productions not only in the car industry, but also in diverse manufacturing
factories. Also, the discovery of America continent, made by Columbus, was
another example that was achieved by not following past achievements or
thoughts. Columbus insisted that the world in round; therefore, he could find another
route to India by going west. This bold yet creative thought has discovered the
new land of America continent to the world. In addition, Andy Warhol, the
modern artist also denied old-fashioned and somewhat framed views and created
his own unique pop-art. These achievements were totally not influenced by
precedent accomplishments.
In
sum, historical achievements or discoveries can be made by influences or inspirations
from what has been achieved in the past in the field such as Steve Jobs and
Mark Zuckerberg. However, there have been abundant examples of humanity
contributing achievements that have not been influenced by precedents, rather,
by challenging the old thoughts e.g., Ford, Columbus, and Andy Warhol; thus, I
do not agree with the ineloquent argument. |