Industrial Revolution

Concept

Its technologies are discussed as lending themselves to centralized control, facilitating vast empires.

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Videos Mentioning Industrial Revolution

Time Management for Mortals: A Conversation with Oliver Burkeman (Episode #289)

Time Management for Mortals: A Conversation with Oliver Burkeman (Episode #289)

Sam Harris

Historical period from which the emphasis on efficiency in squeezing output from machinery was borrowed and misapplied to human fulfillment.

Chapter 1: Freedom and Unfreedom: Lessons of the 20th Century | LFHSPBC

Chapter 1: Freedom and Unfreedom: Lessons of the 20th Century | LFHSPBC

PolicyEd

Its technologies are discussed as lending themselves to centralized control, facilitating vast empires.

Christopher Capozzola: World War I, Ideology, Propaganda, and Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast #320

Christopher Capozzola: World War I, Ideology, Propaganda, and Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast #320

Lex Fridman

The preceding 30-40 years of industrialization brought powerful new weaponry to warfare in WWI, including machine guns and artillery, causing the vast majority of casualties.