Title: The Second Industrial Revolution
1The Second Industrial Revolution
- Article written by
- Ray Kurzweil
2(No Transcript)
31st Industrial Revolution
- Started with John Kays invention of flying
shuttle, 1733 - James Watts steam engine (1769) should be
mentioned - Characteristics Mechanization.
- Impact on industry shifted from cottage industry
with craft to mass production with machine tools.
4John Kay
Weaving machine with flying shuttle
5James Watt
James Watts steam engine
6Products of 1st Industrial Revolution
- Steam engine
- Internal combustion engine
- Electricity, and its use -
- Train, automobile, airplane, ocean vessel
- Bulldozer, excavator
- Refrigerator, air-conditioner
- Skyscraper
- Weapon -
7Steam engine car
Henry Ford 1896
8Alessandro Volta (1745-1827)
9A bulldozer
10Wright Brothers Airplane 1903
111st Industrial Revolution a two-edge sword?
- So many benefits and advantages it has brought to
us. - Any negativity?
12Air pollution
London, 1950s
13Luddite Movement
- Founded in 1811.
- Central issue Workers job security threatened
by mechanization and automation. - Automation vs. job has been a pain issue in the
process of industrial revolution, even up to now.
14Luddite Movement
15Automation vs. Jobs
- Technological progress eliminates some current
jobs. - Does new tech create more new jobs than those
displaced? - Do the new jobs pay more of less than the older
ones? - What about the workers who are displaced?
16 New Jobs Created with 1st Industrial Revolution
- In 1870, 31 of Americans, or 12 millions, had
jobs - In 1985, 48 of Americans, or 116 millions, had
jobs.
17Productivity Growth
- GNP per capita was 530 in 1870, and 3,500 in
1970 (in 1958 dollars), which increase 6 times. - Percent of American workforce that involved in
food production - In 1900, 34
- In 1990, only 3.
182nd Industrial Revolution
- It is now in progress.
- Led and inspired by computers.
- It extends and multiplies our mental abilities,
comparing to the 1st industrial revolution that
extends and multiplies our physical capabilities.
19Products of 2nd Industrial Revolution
- Computers (PCs, )
- Internet
- Cell phones
- CD, DVD, MP3, digital camera,
- GPS
- Gene engineering
- Embedded in most modern machines
20Potential Dangers
- Humans are increasingly relying on machines whose
intelligence may be as flawed as our own. - Technology can be, and is already, a powerful
ally of the totalitarians and terrorists. This
danger is real, not potential.
21Product Values Less Visible
- Computers use almost no natural resources.
- Value of a high tech product lies primarily in
the knowledge (rather than materials) it
contains.
22Value of Knowledge and Technology
- The value of knowledge and technology reflects
the cost of research and development (RD) of the
products hardware and software, as well as the
in maintaining the ability of continuing to
advance and further the RD.
23Computing Speed Doubled Every 2 Years
- The power of computer technology (the ratio of
speed over cost) has doubled every 18 to 24
months. - This is called the Moores Law.
24Gordon Moore
Robert Noyce
25A Unprecedented Challenge to Our Superiority of
Intelligence
- The 1st industrial revolution has helped human
become superior in physical capability. - The 2nd industrial revolution is helping machines
achieve intelligence, which may become superior
in mental capability on top of us. - Is our intelligence unique and insuperable?
26Copernicus Sun-Centered Theory
- It is the earth that circles the sun, rather than
the sun circles our earth. - Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish, 1473 1543,
published his theory in book ltOn the Revolutions
of Heavenly Spheresgt in 1543.
27Heliocentric Model
28An Inexorable Advent
- Machines that are getting smarter are a sword of
two edges. It is looming large no matter whether
we like it or not. - It cannot be stopped.
- We need to comprehend it, live with it, harness
it constructively, and turn threats into
challenges.
29How Far Can 2nd Revolution Go?
- The machines of 1st revolution have over
performed our muscles. - Do you think the machines of 2nd revolution will
over perform our brains?
30A Sustained and Divergent Process
- Comparing to the 1st one, the 2nd industrial
revolution is a continued process which will last
long and whose impacts on human beings are
divergent, boundless, and beyond estimation.
31What do you think?
- While the first industrial revolution increased
the demand for and the value of natural
resources, the second industrial revolution is
doing the opposite. (Bottom of page 8) - Do you agree? Why or why not?