But with the Industrial Revolution and introduction of various industrial techniques for purifying sugar, we have a situation in which what we are consuming is not good nutritionally or ecologically.
When the Industrial Revolution started, the amount of carbon sitting underneath Britain in the form of coal was as big as the amount of carbon sitting under Saudi Arabia in the form of oil, and this carbon powered the Industrial Revolution, it put th...
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.
All the big revolutions, whether it's the Industrial Revolution, the Arab Spring, those changes happened by economic and social shifts brought about by the people's voices, and those things weren't voted for. Most of our changes today are brought abo...
The Futurists were an art movement in the early 20th century which basically glorified machines and the Industrial Revolution.
Conserving habitats is a wellspring for the next industrial revolution.
I just think we're living in a time of massive, amazing change, like the Industrial Revolution on acid.
Adam Smith's huge failure was the fact that he did not foresee the industrial revolution.
The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.
The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution.
The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.
The Industrial Revolution caused a centuries-long shift in power to the West; globalization is now shifting the balance again.
To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke.
Rockefeller viewed his philanthropy through the lens of his business, and it really mirrored the Industrial Revolution. It was highly centralized, it was top down, it was based on experts, and it was big-picture.
The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution as one of the most important developments in economic history.
I am always struck by the fact that human awareness of our place in nature, like so much of modern science, began with the Industrial Revolution.
My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.
It's the Industrial Revolution and the growth of urban concentrations that led to a sense of anonymity.
From Caesar's legions to the Napoleonic wars. From the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution to the defeat of nazism. We have helped to write European history, and Europe has helped write ours.
Education should not be about building more schools and maintaining a system that dates back to the Industrial Revolution. We can achieve so much more, at unmatched scale with software and interactive learning.
If you go back to 1800, everybody was poor. I mean everybody. The Industrial Revolution kicked in, and a lot of countries benefited, but by no means everyone.
