The Communication Revolution, 1760–1933

After Mr. H. W. Dickinson announced the presidential speech to the Newcomen Society on October 11, Professor R. G. Albion of Princeton University read a paper on the above topics. Starting with the opening of the Brindley Bridgewater canal, Professor Albion investigated the development of canals, roads, railroads, steamboats, telegraph trains, submarine cables, electric tractors, cars, telephones, aircraft, radio and briefly introduced them. The impact of the "communication revolution" on business, finance, exploration, colonization, government, war, urban development, and individual influences. His paper contains many interesting comparisons of the communication facilities in the 18th century and today. Tourists often take a week to travel from Boston to New York, as college stage coaches sometimes take 14 days to travel from London to Edinburgh, and colonial travel milestones with Philadelphia 1770 It is 2 days service in charge between Philadelphia. The distance is only 90 miles. The first firing of the American Revolution was fired in Lexington on April 19, 1775, and the news did not reach New York 225 miles away until 4 days later. Professor Albion said the United States may have never fought with England in 1812. If there is an Atlantic cable, England announced in Washington that it had suspended orders from the United States Commission on the day before the war. The Rothschild family carefully maintained the services of journalists and messengers for commercial purposes, but the information is neither overflowing nor fresh like today's daily newspaper. Speaking of newspapers, movies and radio as a means of "mass communication", these main hidden dangers are that their huge impact may be abused by their small group.

At the same time, the Industrial Revolution began in the UK in the 1760s, invented steam engines and looms, opened the way to factory labor, urbanization, and new transportation. Originally, these advances were unrelated to science, but at the end of the 19th century, engineering and agriculture learned to build activities based on "scientific" bacon science technology and applied science. Even in the 19th century, the idea of ​​enlightenment continued to exist and spread in various ways. Auguste Conto in 1830 and his positivism suggested that humans evolved from theology and metaphysics to science. Positive observations on the law of phenomena can reasonably be applied from science to prediction, from prediction of behavior by the following formula. Positivist social philosophers have influenced the progressive politics of some countries like Mexico

Many authors believe that the industrial revolution can be divided into clearly distinguishable parts. For example, the first industrial revolution from 1760 to 1830, followed by the second industrial revolution since 1850 (such as David Landes). The first industrial revolution began with the mechanization of the textile industry, the development of iron-making technology, and the use of refined coal. Trade 4 The Luddite movement began in 1811 with the name from the early Ned Ludd. The movement was very strong, there was a conflict in the fight against the British army, some of which were sentenced to death. Since then, the term Luddite has been used to describe people who oppose technological advances and technology changes.