Why did it take so long for industrialization to take off? Imagine

>industrialization was good
Wew

>>2952242
You couldn't have had the industrial revolution without the agricultural revolutions in England and Scotland first. You need a boost in ag productivity before you can have large numbers of peoples in factories.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Agricultural_Revolution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Agricultural_Revolution

>>2952244
without industrialization you wouldn't have a computer in the first place

>>2952269
>>2952242
You also need high quality steel for the machinery and financial institutions to help with accumulating capital

>>2954775
Bessemer and hearth process steelmaking was actually fairly late into the industrial revolution.

The first wave of the industrial revolution was driven by Abraham Darby's blast furnaces and their pig iron.