Industrial and Digital Revolution By Phanit (Jojo) Asavanamuang 10B

The world has changed in many ways, developing and bringing new aspects into the human life. A revolution brings a fundamental change to world, which there are many revolutions that has happened in the past and which some are still happening. An example of revolution that has occurred in the past is the Industrial revolution. The industrial revolution in the past has created a great change of the human life. It has shifted the human ways on relying human resources and skills into the use of mechanics. Another example of a modern revolution that is still happening in present time is the Digital Revolution. The Digital revolution has changed the days of old technology into the modern day technology. These revolutions were to make the human lives easier and which would improve the quality of their lifestyle. These revolutions have different approaches and which it affects different parts of an individual lifestyle and also the community. By not having these revolutions happening in st the past and in the present, the lives of the people in the 21 century would never be like what it seems like today. Each revolution has caused a great impact leading to the modern life. The industrial revolution was one of the most important revolutions that have shaped the world to be like what it is today. According to history.com, it was stated that the industrial revolution has started in the late 1700s, in Britain. As stated before, the industrial revolution is when there was a shift from relying on human resources to the use of mechanics. This has made changes to the society. After the industrial revolution, a major change has occurred, impacting the textile, agriculture, transports and may others. As from goods being produced by order, it was changed to mass production, in order to be able to support the needs of the consumers. Looking at another type of revolution, it is the digital revolution. Stated by the techopedia website, it described the digital revolution that it is advancement of technology from analog electronic and mechanical devices to the digital technology. It was also stated that the digital revolution started during the 1980s and which it is still occurring up until the present time. An example of the digital revolution that has impacted the lifestyle of the people most is the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web or the internet plays st a huge role in shaping the lives of the 21 century. The internet serves as a resource for education, social networking and many other useful features. These revolutions play a huge role in shaping the lives of the people, which the following factors include, agriculture and the transport system. The agriculture for humans has changed in many ways through the impacts of the industrial and digital revolution. There are many similarities of the impacts of the industrial and digital revolution is on the agricultural factor. An example of the similar impacts of the two revolutions is it has made agriculture easier, for the people. Even though, the two revolutions have different approaches but which it has made it easier for people to do agriculture. In the industrial revolution, it has made the people easier to do agriculture by using machineries. The usage of machineries has created a huge impact on the agricultural factor. The machinery is used to increase the ability for a single person to be able to work. If an average person is able to harvest 100 crops daily, with the help of machineries an average person would be able to have at the rate of 10 people. This is made the lives of people easier to do agriculture, due to that an average person is helped through the use of machineries. As for the digital revolution, it has helped made the people easier with agriculture by introducing knowledge and also connection with others. It has made people to be able to be introduced in to new markets and consumers making their lives easier. As for the differences in the impacts of the two revolutions, there are some impacts which lead to different changes. The industrial revolution has impacted the way the agriculture was done before. New technologies such as plows were introduced to help the farmers to be able to do work. As for the impacts of the digital revolution on the agriculture it has affected the decision of the farmers. According to the freelibrary.com, it was stated that the digital revolution has affected the way people market towards the farmers and ranchers. It was also stated that it will also impact on the decision of the near-term on farm purchasing. These are the impacts caused by the industrial and digital revolution towards the agriculture factor. The Transport system is another factor, which through the time has changed and developed in many ways through the two revolutions. There are many types of transport systems such as the train, airplanes, boats and many more. Some transportation are developed later on, while some are developed from other basic types of transports such as horse riding and others. The industrial and digital revolution came in and developed and improved the transport system to become a better and a more successful transport system. There are many impacts caused by the two revolution but which there are also some impacts which are similar. The similar impacts from the digital and industrial revolution are that they have increased its capacity and advancements. The impact has made developments on the transport system, making it easier for human to access places or travel more efficiently. Looking at the impacts caused from the industrial revolution, has shaped the transport system of Wales. According to the bbc website, it was stated that during the industrial revolution, there were many industrialized places in Wales that are hard to access. The turnpike road system was then firstly used in the region. This has caused a huge change in how the people use the transport system and also how goods and products are transported. After hundreds of years, the transport

system has developed much more until it has reached the time of the digital revolution. Nowadays the world is considered to be much smaller, due to all the connection, the ability to communicate with another person across the globe and also how much the transport system has developed. The airplane is one of most important type of transport, allowing human to travel across continents in a small amount of time. As one of the most crucial part about airplanes, it requires a place to land and take off, an airport. According to aviationpros.com, it could be seen that the digital revolution provides new transport communication and information technology in airports. These have developed the transport system making it able to work as effective as possible. Without these revolutions, travelling from one place to another would have been much harder and which no one knows what kind of new transportation lies ahead. By looking at the different impacts caused from the industrial and digital revolution, there are some questions that have been thought of. One of the most important questions would be; which revolution has caused the greatest impact? There are some factors that may be used to consider whether industrial or the digital revolution has caused the greatest impact. There would be three factors used, which are nature, well-being and economics. Talking about the nature factor that has been impacted by the revolutions, it has been impacted in different ways. Looking at the impact caused by the industrial revolution, it has impacted the nature factor by increase in factories. By having more industries, it has increased the pollution in the environment. As for the impact from digital revolution, it has caused e-waste. Both of the revolutions have caused negative impacts into nature factor. Looking on the other side, both of the revolutions has also developed inventions which has helped nature, such as new technology of biodegradable plastic bags. The next factor is about the economics. Both revolutions has impacted the economics factor. Looking at the impacts from the industrial revolution, it has improved the economy by changing the way products are produced. There is a change from order basis production to mass production; this allows them to support the needs of the consumers. As for the digital revolution, it has introduced big and small companies into new different markets, and also effecting the purchasing decision of the consumers. Looking at the next factor, it is the impacts of the revolution on the wellbeing factor. Talking about the well-being factor, it is mostly about the lives and lifestyle of people. It was stated previously that both the industrial and digital revolution were to make the lives of the people easier. It is true, but which there are also some flaws into that. As for the industrial revolution, it has changed the way products are manufactured, by changing from by order to mass production. This has made a person able to complete a job of many people, resulting unemployment. As for the impact of the digital revolution, similar to the industrial revolution it has caused unemployment. By developing the technology, making it able to work better would reduce the ability of the human. This is because people are relying on technology in order to complete their daily routine. By doing this often, skills would be lost and which people would be overcome by technology. This will also cause unemployment. These factors will help to consider whether which revolution has caused the greatest impact. In conclusion, there are many revolutions that have shaped the earth in order to become what it is like nowadays. These revolutions have impacted many factors such as agriculture, transport system, the economy, and the well-being of people, nature and many more. The impacts on these factors have formed the lifestyle of how people live in the present. By asking which revolution has caused the most impact on earth between the industrial or digital revolution, the essay has proved an answer. The answer to the question would be where and what time are you living in. It was known that the different revolutions have taken place at different times. By being a person living during the industrial revolution, then the industrial revolution would be the revolution which has caused the greatest impact towards them. As the same for the people living in the digital revolution, they would consider that the digital revolution has caused the greatest impact towards them. Therefore, it is up to the environment the people are living in, which would impact those most. If talking about the present, then the revolution that has caused the greatest impact on their lives would be the digital revolution. This is because we are living the digital revolution, which are exposed to it every day. By being exposed to it, it influences the decision and the person we become. The different revolution has all influenced us, only varying which is more or less. In the future, nobody knows what kind of revolution is up a head, but we could be certain that it would make the human civilization to have a better and easier life.

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