The New Lunar Society
An Enlightenment Guide to the Next Industrial Revolution
David A. Mindell
- How
- to
- create
- our
- industrial
- future
- with
- inspiration
- and
- lessons
- from
- the
- originators
- of
- the
- industrial
- revolution.Climate
- change,
- global
- disruption,
- and
- labor
- scarcity
- are
- forcing
- us
- to
- rethink
- the
- underlying
- principles
- of
- industrial
- society.
- In
- The
- New
- Lunar
- Society,
- David
- Mindell
- envisions
- this
- new
- industrialism
- from
- the
- fundamentals,
- drawing
- on
- the
- eighteenth
- century
- when
- first
- principles
- were
- formed
- at
- the
- founding
- of
- the
- Industrial
- Revolution.
- While
- outlining
- the
- new
- industrialism,
- he
- tells
- the
- story
- of
- the
- Lunar
- Society,
- a
- group
- of
- engineers,
- scientists,
- and
- industrialists
- who
- came
- together
- to
- apply
- the
- principles
- of
- the
- Enlightenment
- to
- industrial
- processes.
- Those
- principles
- were
- collaboration,
- the
- marriage
- of
- practical
- and
- scientific
- knowledge,
- and
- the
- belief
- that
- the
- world
- could
- progress
- through
- making
- things.The
- Lunar
- Society
- included
- pioneers
- like
- James
- Watt,
- Benjamin
- Franklin,
- and
- Josiah
- Wedgwood,
- and
- their
- conversations
- no
- less
- than
- ignited
- the
- Industrial
- Revolution
- and
- shaped
- the
- founding
- of
- the
- United
- States.
- Telling
- the
- stories
- of
- these
- makers
- in
- parallel
- with
- those
- of
- our
- current
- moment
- of
- crisis
- on
- multiple
- fronts,
- Mindell
- argues
- for
- a
- new
- industrialism.
- He
- asks:
- What
- does
- industry
- look
- like
- when
- it
- strives
- to
- optimize
- for
- the
- lowest
- carbon
- footprint
- as
- well
- as
- the
- greatest
- profit?
- When
- it
- values
- resilience
- as
- much
- as
- efficiency?
- When
- it
- upholds
- dignified,
- inclusive,
- sustainable
- work?
- Optimistic
- but
- not
- utopian
- about
- our
- ability
- to
- build
- the
- world,
- The
- New
- Lunar
- Society
- shines
- a
- light
- on
- how
- a
- new
- generation
- can
- reanimate
- the
- best
- ideas
- of
- our
- thinking
- doer
- forebears
- and
- begin
- to
- build
- a
- future
- that
- is
- both
- realistic
- and human-centered.
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