The correct answer is the following.
It seems that there is no question here, just a series of statements.
Although there is no question included, we could assume that we have to choose the sentence best written. If that is the case, then the correct option is E) The pace at which technological innovations such as the internet have proliferated may seem unique to the 21st century, but the industrial revolution provided an explosion of new technology that
Among the other options, option E is more concrete, understandable, and specific. It does not need anything else. It starts correctly, refers to the modern technological innovations and set the example of the internet, and compare it with the case of the industrial revolution in which similar advances surged in that time, allowing the progress of nations.
The clearest, direct, and specific the sentence, the better to a correct understanding.
Answer:
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