FROM THE BEGINNINGS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INDUSTRY 4.0

Abstract

Speaking of Brazil, the Industrial Revolution took place since the beginning of Lusitanian exploration. The milestone was the exchange of man's motive work energy for the energy of machines. Transformations in Brazil occur slowly, as the cost of achieving industry 4.0 is high. The Brazilian production was modest, in relation to the North American one. The majority of peoples who have attained a high degree of enrichment in contemporary times owe it, in large part, to determinisms of a geological and geographical order. The Industrial Revolution was not limited to the technical transformation, of instruments and of the production regime, it brought about, above all, social changes in humanity. Social transformations, for many, such as Karl Marx, Maurice Dobb, Michel Beaud and Eric Hobsbawm, were the most serious consequences of the Industrial Revolution, transformed the way of life of the majority of the world's population. The social transformations linked to the Industrial Revolution were concentrated in the hands of a few, especially large landowners, merchants and small sectors of the middle class. The rest of the population, the vast majority, began to survive in conditions of misery. Therefore, the general objective of this bibliographic review work is to research the reasons for the Industrial Revolution and its consequences, as well as its trajectory towards industry 4.0.