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 Maj 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 Mars 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 Mars 202328min
Abraham Darby, Coincidence and the Industrial Revolution
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The first major advances in ironmaking were the byproducts of industrial espionage and whiskey. We get into a more detailed look at the ...
23 Feb 202326min
The Industrial Revolution; Textiles and Flexibility
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This episode focuses on cotton industry advances in the 18th century. It covers the unique situation of a demand fueled series of invent...
9 Feb 202330min
The Industrial Revolution in Britain
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The date is 1760. The Industrial Revolution is about to get underway. Abraham Darby has already broken the Dutch monopoly of brass. He...
26 Jan 202330min
