117. The Industrial Revolution: Skilled Workmen
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This is one of the less intuitive ideas about the origins of the Industrial Revolution. An historically unique concentration of skilled ...
15 Jun 202325min
Industrial Revolution; From Ideas to Practical Reality
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We explore a couple 100 year cycles to move from Enlightenment ideas to practical products cheap and reliable enough for a large market t...
1 Jun 202331min
The British Industrial Enlightenment
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The British Enlightenment was slightly different in character from the French Enlightenment. Britain had already accomplished many of th...
18 Mai 202329min
Industrial Enlightenment ; Applied Enlightenment Ideals
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. During the enlightenment there are profound differences of opinion. But there is a sense that human progress and social progress for the...
4 Mai 202326min
Industrial Revolution, The Grand Theory of History
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We look at the destructive forces that hold back all societies from achieving the miracle - modern economic growth. There are two negati...
20 Apr 202322min
Industrial Revolution: 1700, Big Problem/Little Problem
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We take a closer look at Britain in 1700. Both for the purpose of setting the stage for the rest of the Enlightenment arc, but also to ...
6 Apr 202324min
The Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We move into the analysis of how the Enlightenment affected the Industrial Revolution. The Primary text for this arc will be Joel Moky...
23 Mar 202330min
Raising Water by Fire
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We take a look at the advent of steam power and its deep historical origins. The first steam engines in China were imported from Britain...
9 Mar 202328min
