Redeeming Productivity

How the Industrial Revolution Ruined Everything

Dec 13, 2021

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The Principles of Factory Management

03:15

I Love the Old Books, and I Love Them Too.

03:01

What Did It Mean for the Worker?

02:02

Introduction

2min

How the Industrial Revolution Ruins Everything

3min

Henry Ford's Continuous Motion Assembly Line

2min

What Did It Mean for the Worker?

2min

The Industrial Revolution Ruins Our Understanding of Time

2min

What Does the Clock Mean for You?

2min

The Industrial Revolution Is Ruining the Family Unit

2min

The Household Was No Longer the Centre of Economic Activity

3min

The Industrial Revolution and Productivity

2min

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The Principles of Factory Management

3min

11.

How to Cultivate a Healthy Tree

2min

12.

I Love the Old Books, and I Love Them Too.

3min

13.

Is There a Movement Toward a Focus on Family?

1min

14.

Is It Easier Than Ever to Start a Business?

2min

15.

Isn't a Job Enough?

2min

16.

The Next Level of Productivity Is When You Work for Yourself

3min

The Industrial Revolution brought untold financial prosperity to the West. It also forms the philosophical foundation for the modern personal productivity movement. In this episode, I discuss some of what was lost in our work, our homes, and our understanding of both time and productivity because of how the Industrial Revolution reshaped our thinking.

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