Editing Industrial Revolution (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Applying</span> ==
'''The Malthusian Trap vs. Industrial Growth:'''
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def simulate_growth(years, population, resources, efficiency_gain):
    """
    Thomas Malthus argued population grows geometrically, but food grows arithmetically.
    The Industrial Revolution broke this trap by increasing efficiency geometrically.
    """
    pop_history = []
    res_history = []
    
    for _ in range(years):
        # Population growth (2% per year)
        population *= 1.02
        # Resource growth (Traditional: +10 units; Industrial: *1.03)
        resources *= (1.0 + efficiency_gain)
        
        pop_history.append(population)
        res_history.append(resources)
        
    return pop_history, res_history

# Traditional (Efficiency gain 0.1%)
p1, r1 = simulate_growth(50, 100, 100, 0.001)
# Industrial (Efficiency gain 3%)
p2, r2 = simulate_growth(50, 100, 100, 0.03)

# Result: In the traditional model, resources per capita drop.
# In the industrial model, they rise despite population growth.
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; Global Impacts
: '''British Hegemony''' → Britain became the "workshop of the world" and the dominant global power.
: '''Colonization''' → The need for raw materials (cotton, rubber) and new markets drove a new wave of imperialism.
: '''Technological Acceleration''' → The revolution didn't end; it moved into a "Second Industrial Revolution" (Electricity, Oil, Steel) and then to the Information Age.
: '''Climate Change''' → The beginning of the mass burning of fossil fuels and the rise in atmospheric CO2.
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