Technology has changed the world, especially the internet, right? According to this author, the clothes washer may compete with the internet in terms of how much it changed the way people lived before it.
"In 1900 the average household spent 58 hours a week on housework—meal preparation, laundry and cleaning. This compares with just 18 in 1975." Hans Rosling did the TED talk below to show how the washing machine changed women's lives in the West (where a high percentage of us have one) and is still changing women's lives in the rest of the world.
Hans tells us how the washing machine changed his mother's life. What did she get out of the washing machine? Books.
(cont'd tomorrow)
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