To start off with, daily life outside of the factory was enhanced. Education was changed to mimic the real world and prepare incoming students. According to researchers from The Big Picture, today’s school systems are even …show more content…
It encouraged extroverts and looked down upon introverts. Forced by the new gregarious world, introverts forced personality changes. Susan Cain explained that, “To advance our careers, we’re expected to promote ourselves unabashedly.” (Quiet 6). Unfortunately, one out of every two to three people are not comfortable putting themselves out there when they might be more valuable. While some co-workers have increased sociability and less qualification yet promotions were granted because of their personality. Although this may be true, the Industrial Revolution encouraged salesmen and according to the Houston Chronicle, “Chances are an extrovert will outsell an introvert and he'll be the one to talk a disgruntled customer out of wanting to go to a competitor. Because the extrovert has a wide social circle, your company likely has a lot of free advertising in the form of casual conversation” (The Advantages of Extrovert Employees Over Introvert). A point often overlooked is that the only way a company can go into mass production is if they have the ability to sell their product and company, thus without eloquent salespeople the companies would be less successful.
In the final analysis it can be proven that the Industrial Revolution was positive. Society pushed themselves to grand opportunity, expanded their way of thinking, and created businesses that became household names. The Industrial Revolution provided more efficient technology that opened up opportunity for the common man to build his own business