Matthew Bird deserves his own high-end Netflix series. His production and editing alone is so tasteful and effective.

Thank you for noticing that modern Americans don't notice that power is a thing. We a so lucky to have washing machines, for example. And we could nearly not care less.

"The life of a turn-spit dog was quite ...Ruff." I see what you did there!

I am loving your videos!! Thank you so much for sharing with those of us not in your class =)

Wonderful even the scond time.

Imagine building the world biggest water pumping facility and use it for fountains and not running water in your Palace.

Simply a,axing how industrious and inventive people were back then.

This was very informative and you’re right. We should be more mindful of where our power comes from. But it also made me sad, understanding what we did to humans and other animals to give ourselves a more comfortable life. Now I will eat some ice cream to feel better. Is that irony? I’m never sure.🌸

The horse-powered monorail is the way of the future I tell you!

This is a great series, thank you for making it available to everyone

I currently live in Poland in Silesia region that historically has a lot of mines. The silver mine in Tarnowskie Gory, I had a chance to visit, first used the human-powered wheels (mostly kids and women powered) to pump the water out of the mine, then they used the horses, then started to use the steam-powered engine, and then got back to the horse-powered wheel, because it was a cheaper power source. Then they made a huge cascade tunnels system that stretches for over a hundred miles to make the water naturally flow out of this silver mine and then used this water flow to power machinery and use as drinking water in the city. Now you can take a boat tour on the short part of the tunnel that has the air to breathe, which is really entertaining!

I feel very good about the fact that I graduated from high school in 1982 and I did not see, nor have I ever seen, Conan the Barbarian. The notion of a musclehead becoming a movie star always struck me as absurd.

Wow! I want more on power sources. So interesting about the dogs.

thank God for the SPCA. Some of that was hard to watch.

so much to think about!! loved it

This video is a power-full source of history.

When the post apocalyptic realities happen - they will be watching this episode the most. That's if they can walk the 20 miles in the nuclear ash to logon to the internet.

could you share your recommended reading material?

I loved this one. The irony of the treadmill is honestly sad. We are so dumb. Imagine harnessing the power of all the treadmills on earth though. Or capturing any sort of energy from gym equipment. 🤔

First of all, I really enjoy your lecture even if I design interfaces instead of "the industry". On the off-chance you might actually read through all the comments, here is something that really bugs me: in many of your videos you mention prices / estates and give the "current value". I really hate it because you can't multiply a sum from 1940 by 18 to get the current value. So you sometimes add "which was much for the time", making the conversion obsolete anyway.