> You tell me! How are we doing as an industrial society? Pretty great. Before the industrial revolution the number of people with a comfortable life was a tin

> You tell me! How are we doing as an industrial society? Pretty great. Before the industrial revolution the number of people with a comfortable life was a tiny % of the world population. Now, half of the world is middle class or wealthier[1], living a more comfortable life than the kings of the past. Industrialization has been a blessing for humanity. [1] https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2018/09/27/a-global-tipping-point-half-the-world-is-now-middle-class-or-wealthier/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2018/09/27... https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/world-population-in-extreme-poverty-absolute https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/world-population-in-extre...