"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.

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The assessment illustrates how the invention of the automobile led to the necessity for roads, traffic regulations, and highway patrols, showing that new inventions create new needs.

"We Invent the Automobile to Get Us Between Two Points