the Industrial Revolution

noun

: the major social and economic changes that occurred in Britain, Europe, and the U.S. in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when new machinery, new sources of power, and new ways of manufacturing products were developed

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From textile workers in the Industrial Revolution to assembly-line workers in the age of robotics, once-stable fields have repeatedly lost out to technological innovation, while social policy has lagged far behind. —Ross Benjamin, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025

Just as the land-grant system fueled the Industrial Revolution, a new Digital-AI Land Grant system can equip America to thrive in the AI era. —Mark Hagerott, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025

Yes, the dot-com era, semiconductors, the transistor, the Industrial Revolution. —Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025

For Kingsnorth, the Industrial Revolution marked the point of no return. —Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for the Industrial Revolution

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