"We invent the automobile to get us between two points faster, and suddenly we find we have to build new roads. And that means we have to invent traffic regulations... and then we have to invent a whole new organization called the highway patrol.". This assessment supports the idea that
a. necessity is the mother of invention.
b. if a new invention is to come into being, the cultural base must be large enough to support it.
c. invention is the mother of necessity.
d. if people have the power to create material innovations they also have the power to destroy them.
c
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a. Psychosomatic disorder b. Bi-polar combat disorder c. Post-traumatic stress disorder d. Shell shock disorder
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a. significant. b. random. c. by chance. d. important
Explain who makes up the majority of the precarious workforce and why the prevalence of this type of work is growing.
What will be an ideal response?
__________ and sociology have mutual interests such as consumerism and debt
a. Anthropology b. Psychology c. Political science d. Economics