Similarities between the industrial revolution and the technilogical revolution.

If one looks at Europe in the mid 1900s and the entire world today, one can see a mirror image of the old big 5 countries. In the 19th century it was Great Britain, France, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, but today it is China, India, United States, the European Union, and Russia. Today's United States could be compared to 19th century Great Britain, in terms of economic dominance and world influence. China could be considered the …

…old adage "history repeats itself", the world seems to be in the early stages of a something like the 19th century's Industrial Revolution. The major difference is that in this revolution the entire globe is involved instead of just one part of the world. If one looks deeper at the parallels between the two revolutions, it would seem that we have only scratched the surface of what is to come and what will be achieved.