How has the industrial revolution impacted our lives today?
If the industrial revolution hadn’t started in Britain, it would have happened somewhere else and the course of history may have changed dramatically. However, the inventions of the industrial revolution and the technological advances they triggered were inevitable. Industrialisation has nurtured capitalism and capitalism has been a key tool in the growth in material wealth. Residents of wealthy nations have adapted by changing their lifestyles to suit growth, placing greater priority on material wealth and the means of acheiving it, and lesser priority on humanity.
