From the course: Introduction to Quantum Computing
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A brief history of the third industrial revolution
From the course: Introduction to Quantum Computing
A brief history of the third industrial revolution
- Understanding history helps us to make sense of our times and where we may be trending in the future. To get a better grasp on the context for a new generation of computing power we'll briefly review the human journey that has brought us here. We won't go back too far but instead focus on a series of revolutions with an emphasis on the Third Industrial Revolution. For much of human history we were farmers and craftspeople. We lived off the land and produced most goods by hand. It is only 300 years ago in 18th Century Britain that the nature of the human experience radically shifts and changes the world. In particular, the use of steam power, railways, and steel, among many transformative innovations, ushered in an age of mechanical production and transport. Factories and rapid urbanization changed how we lived, worked, and played. This first Industrial Revolution created a sharp turn in human destiny that has shaped our world to this day. Barely 100 years later another revolution…
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