In this article, Michael Marshall discusses the advent of technology in the modern world. He begins by analyzing the Industrial Revolution in detail. By automating tasks and creating machines to speed up tasks that were once designated for manual laborers, humans began to produce goods and perform services on a massive scale. This article is part of a series, "Millennial Moments," also available as a collection from The World & I Online.
In this article, Michael Marshall discusses the advent of technology in the modern world. He begins by analyzing the Industrial Revolution in detail. By automating tasks and creating machines to speed up tasks that were once designated for manual laborers, humans began to produce goods and perform services on a massive scale. This article is part of a series, "Millennial Moments," also available as a collection from The World & I Online.
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