third industrial revolution around the corner?
after reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Depression:
"The Long Depression was a depression that affected much of the world and was contemporary with the Second Industrial Revolution."
it made me use my magical thinking (http://warsocialism.com/e1.html) to imagine that if we are having a depression now - surely another industrial revolution will follow.
what could it be?
- stem cell research
- renewable energy sources
- nanotech
and what about the unintended consequences of these? the 2nd industrial revolution did nothing to disprove malthus' dismal science - how could the 3rd industrial revolution be different?
might not the third industrial revolution be the disintermediating power of the internet?
the internet gives me access to the productive capacity of the worlds factories and employees.
after reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Depression:
"The Long Depression was a depression that affected much of the world and was contemporary with the Second Industrial Revolution."
it made me use my magical thinking (http://warsocialism.com/e1.html) to imagine that if we are having a depression now - surely another industrial revolution will follow.
what could it be?
- stem cell research
- renewable energy sources
- nanotech
and what about the unintended consequences of these? the 2nd industrial revolution did nothing to disprove malthus' dismal science - how could the 3rd industrial revolution be different?
might not the third industrial revolution be the disintermediating power of the internet?
the internet gives me access to the productive capacity of the worlds factories and employees.
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