About The Episode

In an effort to put our current technological boom into context this episode looks at the previous industrial revolutions and the social consequences that followed. the hope is that this helps understand where today’s technological boom came from but also perhaps where it is likely to go. 

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Additional Notes:

Blog post on Exponential Technological Growth: 
https://automatedpodcast.org/blog-3-why-do-we-feel-that-technology-is-coming-too-quickly-exponential-growth-future-shock-and-moores-law/

2015 Article coining the 4th Industrial Revolution: 
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-what-it-means-and-how-to-respond/

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