That somehow or other is hiding huge and important details - an area of active historical research / speculation. Personally I put the birth of the Industrial

That somehow or other is hiding huge and important details - an area of active historical research / speculation. Personally I put the birth of the Industrial Revolution up There in the top five moments of human history something like Fire Domestication of wheat Wheel Cortez meeting Montezuma Industrial Revolution in Northern England of all Places Whatever it was it happened once. And we have copied it not replicated it (look at Meiji restoration with emperors wearing bowler hats “just in case it helps”.) We cannot get off this train, so we really need to know how the train works