Assessment: Compare and Contrast

are Smartphone/ Digital Tablet

Cuneiform Tablet Both
employed to
It serves as the main form of writing and
record or save
Around 3,000 BCE is when writing is communication nowadays.
information.
said to have first appeared.
They are digital documents that are printed or
Sharp tools were used to chiselemployed
textstyped
as
onto wet clay tablets. principal
languages They
of were employing the most recent
It is a pictograph writing system. alphabet or writing system.
communication
A clay tablet was used to writethroughout
scriptDigital tablets and smartphones are
their respective
using a reed pen or stylus witheras
a utilized for both verbal and nonverbal
wedge-shaped tip. communication.

How can you measure the impact of an invention or other accomplishment?

An innovation's influence may be gauged by how widely it is used. We may evaluate the effects of
contemporary advancements, for example, by contrasting the cuneiform with a smartphone or digital
tablet. Both are utilized in the same manner; however, a smartphone is more advantageous and
practical. A smartphone offers more functions than a classic cuneiform tablet. By contrasting the two,
we may ascertain the effect on both our society and our everyday life. Inventions and achievements
abound, but just because something is made does not imply it will influence people's lives. Depending
on how that invention is applied, this could change. Despite being original or novel, if it is applied in a
manner that conflicts with the applications of earlier ideas, it will have trivial effect. It is important to
consider how an invention or accomplishment will be used to determine whether it will cause a change
or introduce new features that will make people's lives simpler.