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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Each accidental catch potentially removes an animal that was alive before the Industrial Revolution.
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Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
As the Oxford economist and machine learning expert Maximilian Kasy argues, AI companies’ wholesale data theft echoes the enclosure of common lands in England in the lead-up to the Industrial Revolution.
—Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Machine/ tech disruptions are always compared to the Industrial Revolution, because that was the original Great Leap Forward in modern human advancement.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
Coal was why England was the seat of the Industrial Revolution.
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
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Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
As the Oxford economist and machine learning expert Maximilian Kasy argues, AI companies’ wholesale data theft echoes the enclosure of common lands in England in the lead-up to the Industrial Revolution.
—Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Machine/ tech disruptions are always compared to the Industrial Revolution, because that was the original Great Leap Forward in modern human advancement.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
Coal was why England was the seat of the Industrial Revolution.
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
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