History Professor Answers Industrial Revolution Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

History Professor Jonathan Rees joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about the Industrial Revolution. Why did coal miners take canaries into the mines? What caused The Great Smog in London (1952)? What are the most important inventions to come from the Industrial Revolution? Answers to these questions and many more await on Industrial Revolution Support. WIRED recommends:    • Historian Answers Victorian England Questi...      • Medievalist Professor Answers Medieval Que...      • Medical Historian Answers History of Medic...   Watch more from WIRED | Tech Support: https://www.youtube.com/show/VLPLibNZ... #IndustrialRevolution #AI #WIRED 00:00 - Industrial Revolution Support 00:13 - Spinning yarn and saving time since 1764 01:01 - 1700s: Steam engines. 2026: Prompt engines. 02:16 - The miner’s choir 02:36 - Stow, pick, pack, repeat 03:59 - Productivity? High. Visibility? Zero. 04:44 - The Eric Williams argument 05:10 - Move it or lose it, punk 06:31 - Bring your child to work day 07:28 - All hail King Ludd 08:09 - The Henry Ford effect 08:49 - Bessemer’s world, we’re just living in it 09:53 - Rudder-to-rudder during rush hour 10:50 - "Any color you like, as long as it’s black." 11:26 - Factories, fossil fuels and Fortune 500s 12:53 - The epicenter of the Industrial Revolution 13:31 - The mass production glow-up 14:14 - The weaver’s lament 16:27 - Crop it like it’s hot 17:33 - 4 eras, 1 seismic shift in civilization Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► https://link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe... Follow WIRED: Instagram ►►  / wired   Twitter ►►  / wired   Facebook ►►  / wired   Tik Tok ►►  / wired   Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: https://wrd.cm/DailyYT Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.