The New Lunar Society: An Enlightenment Guide to the Next Industrial Revolution

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    • Book cover of The New Lunar Society by David A. Mindell. The title is displayed in bold black serif font inside a large, pale yellow moon graphic. Below, the subtitle reads, 'An Enlightenment Guide to the Next Industrial Revolution.' The background features a blue-toned historical illustration of 18th-century scientists and inventors, overlaid with modern green icons representing technology, robotics, gears, and sustainable energy.

    Join MIT Professors David Mindell, Suzanne Berger, and 2024 Nobel Prize winner Simon Johnson to discuss Mindell's new book, The New Lunar Society.

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    MIT Museum, Gambrill Center

    314 Main Street
    Building E-28
    Cambridge, MA 02142
    United States

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  • Area 2, East Cambridge, and The Port

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    Wednesday, February 26 7PM – 9PM

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    Climate change, global disruption, and labor scarcity are forcing us to rethink the underlying principles of industrial society. In The New Lunar Society, David Mindell envisions this new industrialism from the fundamentals, drawing on the eighteenth century when first principles were formed at the founding of the Industrial Revolution. While outlining the new industrialism, he tells the story of the Lunar Society, a group of engineers, scientists, and industrialists who came together to apply the principles of the Enlightenment to industrial processes. 

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    Book cover of The New Lunar Society by David A. Mindell. The title is displayed in bold black serif font inside a large, pale yellow moon graphic. Below, the subtitle reads, 'An Enlightenment Guide to the Next Industrial Revolution.' The background features a blue-toned historical illustration of 18th-century scientists and inventors, overlaid with modern green icons representing technology, robotics, gears, and sustainable energy.

    Wednesday, February 26 7PM – 9PM

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    Last updated February 11, 2025.

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