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I think it is more likely that in 10,000 years we will see the "internet revolution" as part of the industrial revolution. It's only because we're in it that we
by WJW 10y ago
I think it is more likely that in 10,000 years we will see the "internet revolution" as part of the industrial revolution. It's only because we're in it that we can see it as separate things.
For example, we now speak of a single "agricultural revolution", where in reality it would have spanned hundreds of years of had several different periods (discovering plants, discovering cattle, etc).
- ska 10y agoThe first thought is interesting - I find that plausible also.
- aninhumer 10y agoEven from a contemporary perspective, one it's fairly easy to argue that the industrial revolution is still ongoing. We have had many revolutionary technological developments throughout the past 200 years, such as radio, flight, and computers. And it doesn't seem like we're really slowing down yet.
- acchow 10y agoThe industrial revolution was centered around the production of things, and machines' effect on that. We're now shifting to a knowledge economy, and the internet has been transforming that. I think of this transformation as distinct from the Industrial Revolution (either the first or the second).
- milesrout 10y agoAgain this is recency bias. You think it's more significant because you're experiencing it. 'Knowledge economy' is a myth anyway. The 'knowledge economy' produces nothing of actual physical value to people and .com bubble 2.0 will burst within 5 years.