Some historians argue that the changes brought by industrialization caused americans to beomce a more secular people. to what extent do you agree or disagree, and why? use evidence from chapter 18 to make your case.

We can find some arguments that really prove industrialization carries secular stagnation; only in the United States, the great increase of the total productivity of the production factors occurred between 1920 and 1970 and has not been repeated after, and even some "techno-optimists" think that artificial intelligence, mass data, nano-robots, the latest medicines and driverless cars and trucks will increase productivity, will probably be achieved at the cost of eliminating millions of jobs.