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burgersc12@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The industrial revolution is when we went from mostly normal farmers to industrial scale production in factories, hence the name. The next “revolution” will either be a “renewable revolution” or there will be no revolution, only devolution

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spittingimage@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You’re not wrong, but your response doesn’t contribute much to answering the question.

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- burgersc12@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I don’t like his question since its a stupid question that ignores basic history
  
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- gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  No, I think, they both (burgersc12 and OP) have an important point.
  
  We can think of technology in two different ways: input and output; i.e. what do we put into the machine (source of energy) and what do we get out (factory products). They’re just looking at it from two different angles: OP is asking about power source, but burgersc12 is talking about factory outputs.
  
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