There have been many inventions in human history, such as wheels. Some people think the most important thing is the Internet. Do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

From the beginning of the world until the present time numerous important things were invented. It is believed that the

Internet

would be the most significant of them. There are a number of arguments both in favour and against

this

view. There are some persuasive arguments against

this

view.

Firstly

some

people

would argue that medical breakthroughs,

such

as the vaccine against malaria, and the discovery of

antibiotics

are of a far greater value. Before the discovery of

antibiotics

,

life

expectancy was much lower than nowadays, with many

people

dying from simple infections or even the common cold.

Antibiotics

also

brought about

the

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modern medicine and enabled doctors to safely perform surgeries. Prior to

this

, the rate of complications after surgery was close to 100 % and the fatality rate around 50%.

This

fact was making the majority of surgeries performed today virtually impossible to be carried out. Another invention from our time and of vital importance is the vaccine against Covid 19, as many of the

people

who have had the disease and their

life

was saved by it would confirm it.

On the other hand

, there are strong arguments in favour of the advent of the

Internet

as being the most important discovery.

For instance

, there are many

people

who invoke access to free information as being the best thing since sliced bread. Today everybody has access to information about anything they are interested in at just a click of a button away. It is

therefore

much easier and faster to accumulate knowledge and to become an expert in any field. If,

for example

, someone wants to learn a foreign language, they have now innumerable web sites and tools available for them to use which makes

this

process incomparable more convenient. Another important benefit which

people

could bring in favour of the

Internet

is the instant connectivity and the communication which is now helping us to keep in contact with distant friends and relatives. Social media has made our

life

more comfortable, we can now use these communication tools for work as well and

this

is bringing progress in every field, including medicine at a much faster pace. To sum up, I believe the

Internet

has brought important benefits and perhaps will bring a greater number of benefits which are impossible to imagine yet as the

Internet

is just at the beginning of its

life

.

However

, I think the medical breakthroughs enabled by the advent of

antibiotics

which is saving millions of lives every year is still more important.