The cotton gin and today

The cotton gin had a negative impact with slavery, but in the bigger aspect of things, it was a great invention that showed what brilliant inventors of that time could do that still applies to this day. Without the invention of the cotton gin, other people might have given up while inventing things we still use today. The cotton gin was the start of the invention era, and it gave other inventors hope that they too, could invent something usefull. The cotton gin's invention helps todays world because now we have inventions like the computer and other great things that we might not have if people had not been inspired by the cotton gin.