"COMMON THINGS AROUND US ARE OFTEN"
So then, let's go and listen to the history, sometimes from long
ago, sometimes more recent. Let's look at the fates of things around us, which we consider
an ordinary part of our lives, as if they had been here forever. And for that reason,
someone at some time had to think them up and manufacture them. The fates of these
inventions and discoveries are connected with successes and failures. And not only with
technical successes and failures, but also often with human successes and failures. For
here, the best person does not always win. Often the most clever, the most powerful, the
richest or the most insensitive to others.
In spite of this, people think up and manufacture the new. Let's go
look at a few of the small inventions and discoveries that have changed the world around
us. Let's try to think up something; maybe something new will occur to us which can be of
help.