The Early Industrial Revolution, 1760-1851

[@thomasshirrefs5331]

I expected this to be better frankly

[@hennatimanttimetsa2733]

Better how?

[@DipakBose-bq1vv]

The money came from the exploitation of Bengal in India since it was occupied by the East India Company in 1757. India also provided the market in the 19th century and as a result industry in India was wiped out due to the free trade with Britain. Reply

[@normchristopherson5799]

This could have been delivered with excitement, interest and more depth. How to make a fascinating subject dull and slow.

[@983839]

It seems to make sense that the entire recorded history of humans shows evidence for the two classes: noble aristocrats and the peasants. Yet the industrial revolution only happened once. But what if there was no reason for the revolution to happen? What if it just happened by chance? Does systematic investment in crazy enterprises need a reason? What if the investors were just gambling for fun?

[@ouss]

It happened thanks to the king and his order that protected private property so that entrepreneur can try to predict the market easily

[@iceyred6668]

May 17, 1972; altercarition'C Declaration'M

[@corvus8352]

the industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race

[@RATsnak3]

Wrong. The industrial revolution has increased our lifespans, it has lifted us out of slavery, it has significantly raised our standards of living. The life of the common man sees luxuries the richest of the rich could have never imagined before the industrial revolution. Our diets are healthier, our housing is healthier. It's hard to find anything the industrial revolution has made worse.

[@Dman9fp]

​@RATsnak3 It hads Massively Decimated the earth of clean air, water, & soil (Massive amounts of soil loss), let alone pretty much all the big rivers have been dammed which causes all kinds of issues. Most of the big wild land mammals are gone, pollution & plastic all over the place/ even in rainwater. One comment is not enough to remotely scratch the surface, but man Isn't above Nature. We Are Nature, without relatively clean air, floodwater control, enough clean water, food, so on we die off, so we are intimately connected to where those come from. The grocery store doesn't spawn food, it takes many dozens of gallons of water to make meat for instance. Not here to promote being green, it's far and away too late. Just trying to remotely scratch the surface of how yes the industrial revolution was likely inevitable, but also a mistake/ mistep. Or at least our systems let us down/ not enough regulations, too much emphasis on profit (to turn so much of wild pristine nature (forests, critters, etc) into farmland, cities, suburbs (even worse than cities, completely kills off people's wild spirits & makes owning and using a car a necessity), farm animals and human bodies

[@Tongys]

Classic

[@TheWpelt]

en als mijn manometer goed staat weet ik wel dat alles goed gaat en al je net als ik de stoomwet het gelezen heb je van explosies niks te vrezen dan krikg ik alleen een mooie droom van stom, stoom, stoom stoom...

[@fudasca]

JUICERS UNITE.

[@Canadianbacon-s9n]

The most major consequence is the fees they charge for a piece of paper, utter scam

[@Elixir_JPGG]

The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the situation. It will certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering even in “advanced” countries.

[@matthewramberger4475]

I liek turtles

[@tahakaan2637]

Same Man !

[@TheWpelt]

From the eighteenth century cobblestone streets With the horse and the carriages to rest our feet To the train and city tram came the birth of mechanical man With mechanical man came the automobile Henry Ford's Model 'T' with an engine on wheels And a crazy race began with a car for every man A limousine, hot rod, Beetle and a van or maybe just an old sedan We're heading for a great big worldwide traffic jam With only red lights, green lights, yellow lights to be our guiding hand We're heading for a great big (we're heading for a) worldwide traffic jam With all the hoots and the toots and the traffic brutes to fill our loving land I wonder who's gonna win this great big race Mechanical man or the natural pace? (We wait for you) From the back seat Romeo in lover's lane to the family car on a highway in Spain There's a car for every need with the shape, the color and speed

[@frankleespeaking2282]

He just rambles and meanders, focusing on inconsequential minutiae, without making coherent or root-striking points.

[@InfiniteUniverse88]

It only appears that way because other historians overstate the importance of individual events. There is no overarching narrative, only incremental change.

[@Noahthelasercop]

Wow, crushed with facts and logic

[@SadSocks]

What a bad lecture

[@danishfarhaad6094]

He should have been in Colombo University not In Columbia 😂 🤣 🤣

[@mrstardian]

hi

[@prof1066]

This guy gets paid for this rubbish, he has no grasp of the subject and is talking complete rubbish.

[@SmellyBones]

prof1066: Your argument is impossible to refute (because you didn't make one).

[@prof1066]

Danny Wade I thought the subject was The early Industrial Revolution, Not how to send your students to sleep. His points about China are complete rubbish.

[@driteroj]

@@prof1066 using rubbish two times as a qualifier in a sentence, wow! I'm completely taken by your eloquent & persuasive manner of writing and arguing.

[@prof1066]

@@driteroj Get a life.

[@TheWpelt]

@@prof1066 Why?

[@patrickbyrne7882]

26:25 "there appears to have been more anticipation than substance". I couldn't describe this lecture any better. I feel sorry for the students whose parents paid six figures for these stammering musings

[@zeytelaloi]

His "uhmmmm"s are a little annoying.

[@TheWpelt]

HYow about the 'aah's?

[@matthewramberger4475]

TALK FASTER

[@maticbukovac6966]

You can speed up the tape or dont you know?

[@OOOO-yz1lb]

@@maticbukovac6966 the comment from 7 years 😂