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Industrial Revolution Quotes

How thinkers describe revolutions as sweeping as the first one.

These quotes use the Industrial Revolution as a yardstick for measuring today's economic and cultural upheavals, arguing the current shift is just as dramatic. Several track how physical manufacturing has given way to Change driven by data instead of goods.

The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution.

Quotes by Steven Levy

The industrial revolution in the new century is, in essence, a scientific and technological revolution, and breaking through the cutting edge is a shortcut to the building of an economic giant.

Quotes by Kim Jong-un

The Industrial Revolution was about making physical things. Many of the manufactured goods that were once tangible objects have now been reduced to bits and bytes of data.

Quotes by Jay Samit

Conserving habitats is a wellspring for the next industrial revolution.

Quotes by Janine Benyus

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The Industrial Revolution has two phases: one material, the other social; one concerning the making of things, the other concerning the making of men.

Quotes by Charles A. Beard

The Futurists were an art movement in the early 20th century which basically glorified machines and the Industrial Revolution.

Quotes by Britt Daniel

Frequently Asked Questions

What comparison do these quotes draw to the Industrial Revolution?
Several compare today's economic and cultural changes to the scale of the original Industrial Revolution, suggesting we're living through something just as disruptive. It underlines how significant current shifts in technology and society really are.
How has manufacturing changed since the Industrial Revolution?
One quote notes the original revolution was about producing physical goods, while many of those same products have since become digital data instead of tangible objects. It frames the shift from factories to bits as its own kind of revolution.
Can conservation lead to a new industrial revolution?
One quote argues that protecting habitats could seed the next industrial revolution rather than hold economic growth back. It presents environmental care as a source of future industrial progress.
What role does technology play in a modern industrial revolution?
A quote here describes the new century's version as fundamentally scientific and technological, where pushing past current limits is treated as the fastest route to building major economic power. Innovation stands in for the machinery of the first revolution.
Is the Industrial Revolution only discussed as history?
No, these quotes mostly use it as a reference point for present and future change rather than a closed chapter of History. It's treated as a pattern that keeps repeating under new names.

Others look ahead, framing habitat conservation and technology as seeds of a next industrial revolution rooted in History but pointed at the future. Read together, they treat industrial revolutions as a repeating pattern, not one-time events.