Automation: The New Industrial Revolution

Lyn Marcus   From Fourth International, Vol.15 No.2, Spring 1954, pp.53-58. Transcription & mark-up by Einde O’Callaghan for ETOL.   THE development of automatic tracking and firing apparatus for anti-aircraft batteries during World War II introduced the germs of a new industrial revolution. The process thus portended is already under way. We have before us … Continue reading Automation: The New Industrial Revolution

Why Canada Needs The Bering Strait Tunnel, or Philosophy of Railroads for the 21st Century

 [available in a pdf dossier here] The relationship ofCanada to its railways has always been an existential one; this was true in 1849, the great launching point for 19th century Canadian railroading, as it is true today. There are even parallels between the two eras, such as the resistance to change that confronted Canada's early … Continue reading Why Canada Needs The Bering Strait Tunnel, or Philosophy of Railroads for the 21st Century