The sheer brevity of our global industrial history
In short: While we often feel like masters of the planet, our status as an industrial civilization is remarkably recent. This video explores the context of human progress and our unique position as the only known civilization capable of global environmental alteration.
Humanity is currently the only known civilization to have developed the capacity to harness external energy sources, such as solar power or fossil fuels, on a global scale. This transition began no more than three centuries ago with the Industrial Revolution.
This shift allowed for the transformation of local economies into highly integrated systems capable of mass production and significant environmental impact. Because this development is so recent, we remain the sole known example of an industrial civilization facing the vast scales of space and time.
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