Learning about how the telegraph opened up the world is kind of inspiring.
Basically, in the 1800s Samuel Morse invented the telegraph, because, after
receiving bad news about his wife, he was unable to communicate fast enough to
be there for her. And so, he dedicated the rest of his life to fast
communication. And boy did he open up a new world.
The telegraph appeared to be complicated for personal use, so multiple
inventions were then created. One of these being, the radio. When the radio was
invented, so was the living room. How does this happen from one invention? The
telegraph literally was a growing point in the lives of individuals all over
the globe. Literally creating the living room in each household for families to
listen to entertainment and news all came about because Samuel Morse had a
goal. Real life communication. Before we knew it, the world became a nervous
system.
When I say this, I mean everything was connected by these ‘mystical’ wires
that enabled the world to connect with each other like never before. It was
mystical because people couldn’t physically see the connections but they knew
it was there, yet so foreign to them. Literally looking and acting like a human
body’s nervous system.
And that, is how the internet began.
Until Next Time, R.
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Hi Ruby, great blog post! I really love the casual tone of your article as it makes the content much more digestible and engaging, and I, too, think it’s super interesting how everything that we know today communication-wise more or less came about from the initial invention of the telegraph. I also talked about the development of the telegraph in my own blog, focusing on Ted’s explanation of how difficult the concept of the device was to grasp initially by the people of that time. If you want a deeper explanation of where the telegraph fits in the global history of communication, you can check out this article: https://world101.cfr.org/global-era-issues/globalization/two-hundred-years-global-communications
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Hey Rubs, I loved reading this blog! I liked that you included a brief history behind the invention of the telegraph, as it adds some background knowledge for those readers who may not previously know the story. You kept it calm, clear, but engaging. It’s crazy to think there was once a world where we didn’t have information available to us instantly in the palms of our hands! Maybe you could include a hyperlink for Samuel Morse incase readers wanted to know more about his inspiration behind being making the telegraph… but overall I loved this.
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After reading your blog, I discovered that there was such a affecting story before the invention of the telegraph. Regardless of the past or the present, there are still many people willing to study telegraph and Morse code in depth.I am writing a blog about Morse Code and here is an article about Morse Code, if you are interested, you can check out：https://www.britannica.com/topic/Morse-Code
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Hey! so fascinating how the concept of the living room came about and that it still is the same today a time to communicate and connect. I still don’t understand the nervous system like how bluetooth works and identification numbers.. we have advanced a lot now to live streams on mobiles with little effort for fast communication, so much more to discuss.
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