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The law of unintended consequences

When our ancestors from stone age discovered fire, a mere embodiment of light and heat, the wheels of time accelerated. Thus, increasing the rate of progress of humanity and setting in motion so many different things across the world that would affect us humans throughout the course of our future in more ways than we could have imagined. In simple words, the discovery of fire as explained by the butterfly effect has led the human race overcome huge challenges by giving us many breakthroughs and by creating some challenges as we progressed along. James Watt, the Scottish inventor from 18 th century when he perfected his design for steam engine after rigorous research and experiments, little did he know that his simple invention would help humanity leapfrog into the future by exerting a superior acceleration on the wheels of time. The 18 th century engineer’s invention helped us in improving our transportation, helped us through our rapid industrialization, improved our farmin