Machine Age of Mobius (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)

The Machine Age of Mobius is an era that includes the early-to-mid 20th century, sometimes also including the late 19th century. An approximate dating would be about 1880 to 1945. Considered to be at its peak in the time between the first and second world wars, the Machine Age overlaps with the late part of the Second Industrial Revolution (which ended around 1914) and continues beyond it until 1945. The 1940s saw the beginning of the Atomic Age, where modern physics saw new applications such as the atomic-powered computer and stronger transistors. The Digital Revolution ended the intellectual model of the machine age founded in the mechanical and heralding a new more complex model of high technology. The digital era has been called the Second Machine Age of Mobius, with its increased focus on machines that do mental tasks.
==Developments==
Artifacts of the Machine Age include:
* Reciprocating steam engine replaced by gas turbines, internal combustion engines and electric motors
* Electrification based on large hydroelectric and thermal electric power production plants and distribution systems
* Mass production of high-volume goods on moving assembly lines, particularly of the automobile
* Gigantic production machinery, especially for producing and working metal, such as steel rolling mills, bridge component fabrication, and automobile body presses
* Even more powerful earthmoving equipment
* Steel framed buildings of great height (the skyscraper)
* Radio and phonograph technology
* Higher speed printing presses, enabling the production of low cost newspapers and mass market magazines
* Lower cost appliances for the mass market that employ fractional horsepower electric motors, such as the vacuum cleaner and the washing machine
* Fast and comfortable long distance travel by railroad, automobile, and aircraft
* Development and employment of modern war machines such as tanks, aircraft, submarines and the modern battleship
* Streamline designs in automobiles and trains, influenced by aircraft design
==Social influence==
*The rise of mass market advertising and consumerism
*Nationwide branding and distribution of goods, replacing local arts and crafts
*Nationwide cultural leveling due to exposure to films and network broadcasting
*Mass-produced government propaganda through print, audio, and motion pictures
*Maintaining the advent of skilled crafts with the addition of low skilled labor
*Growth of strong corporations through their abilities to exploit economies of scale in materials and equipment acquisition, manufacturing, and distribution
*Corporate exploitation of labor leading to the creation of strong trade unions as a countervailing force
*Increased economic planning, including five-year plans, public works and occasional war economy, including nationwide conscription and rationing.
==Environmental influence==
* Exploitation of natural resources with little concern for the ecological consequences; a continuation of 19th century practices but at a larger scale.
* Release of synthetic dyes, artificial flavorings, and toxic materials into the consumption stream without testing for adverse health effects.
* Rise of oil as a strategic resource
==Interplanetary relations==
*Conflicts between nations regarding access to energy sources (particularly oil) and material resources (particularly iron and various metals with which it is alloyed) required to ensure national self-sufficiency.
==Arts and architecture==
The Machine Age of Mobius is considered to have influenced:
*Dystopia film
*Streamline Moderne appliance design and architecture
*Bauhaus style
*Steampunk
*Dieselpunk
*Modern art
**Cubism
**Art Deco decorative style
**Futurism
**Music
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