The Neolithic Revolution: The Rise Of Industrialization

Though automation differs drastically it is crucial to understand previous technological revolutions that have altered the occupational landscape. The reason for this is that the current landscape is the result of the totality of human progress. Every advancement throughout our history has led up to a society that is essentially already being operated by self-taught machines. Though the historical instances may seem to have no place in the discussion, it is the baby steps humanity has taken that have resulted in a technologically advanced world we see today.

The first of these steps being the Neolithic revolution, also known as the Agricultural Revolution. Fifteen thousand years ago humanity exclusively took part in the hunter gatherer system. This societal system
Though ancient peoples had to work longer hours to maintain their crops it was a much more reliable system than moving from place to place in search of food. However not everything about the agricultural revolution was positive. Because there was no real experience to reference many people depleted the soil of nutrients. Plants also lacked genetic diversity at the time because selective breeding was not common, this meant that if a single plant was susceptible to a certain virus then all of them were. Crops were also vulnerable to natural disaster. Professor Diana Shard describes the transition from hunting to farming as “agonizing” calling to attention that even though something is universally hailed as an incredible step for mankind, it does not mean that the population will not need time to adjust. There was also an exponential population boom that commodified produce even further. Ancient people had to work even harder to ensure that there was enough food to go around. Eventually it came down to the idea that whoever controlled the food supply controlled the people. This management of resources is what spawned hegemonic