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What teeth from a centuries-old cemetery can teach us about climate shocks and disease

Scientists say that climate shocks may have been ‘overlooked’ when researching certain diseases in the Industrial Revolution.

Euronews · Nov 5

‘There is no inevitable dystopia’: Jeanette Winterson on AI and the future of humanity

The author believes we are at a turning point as a species – and even in the shadow of big tech it’s up to us how we want to proceed

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28

Steel ships, railroads, and data centers: A VC takes the Industrial Revolution analogy seriously

Notable Capital’s Hans Tung argues that in every tech revolution, the geopolitical winner wasn’t the best inventor.

Fortune · Oct 13

AI could destroy democracy as we know it

Letters: Under the fifth Industrial Revolution, human labour may no longer be able to bargain for a share of wealth and political power, writes Simon Steyne

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025

Kerala’s first campus industrial park inaugurated in Kollam

The government aims to equip the young generation for the fourth Industrial Revolution, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in Kollam on Monday.

The Hindu · Feb 20, 2024

A.I. hype could signal the start of the ‘fourth industrial revolution’—or it could be investor ‘FOMO’ warping the market with trillions at stake

The A.I. 'hype curve' could be nearing its peak and investors expecting the 'greatest thing since sliced bread' may end up disappointed.

Fortune · Jul 2, 2023

Night skies are getting 9.6% brighter every year as light pollution erases stars for everyone

For most of human history, the stars blazed in an otherwise dark night sky. But starting around the Industrial Revolution, as artificial light increasingly lit cities and towns at night, the stars began to disappear.

The Conversation · Feb 23, 2023

Prior to Industrial Revolution, global living standards were very low, says economic historian Jared Rubin

Britain industrialised first, and several other nations in Western Europe and North America followed soon thereafter, says Jared Rubin

The Hindu · Oct 12, 2022

Bank of England intervenes again, warning of “material risk to UK financial stability”

Duncan Weldon’s excellent book, Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through, an economic history of Britain from the Industrial Revolution up to the pandemic, almost had a different title: “I wouldn’t start from here”, based on the old joke about the tourist asking for directions.

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2022

IMF Criticizes Lebanese Government over Slow Reforms

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday said the Lebanese government's slowness to implement desperately-needed reforms was exacerbating the country's economic meltdown, even as officials met to discuss an urgent and long-delayed bailout. The IMF statement followed a three-day visit to Beirut of the fund's representatives to discuss with Lebanese officials…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 21, 2022