Like every massive change, the industrial revolution had its share of benefices for a part of humanity and of losses and disasters for the other.
It was indeed very beneficial for much more comfort, improved living conditions, more freedom, mobility, entertainment, etc., and an overly fast growth of the world's populations, in spite of a number of ongoing conflicts, abuses, disasters, diseases and speading pollution (which are as old as humanity).
And the great majority of humankind wishes to have their share in comfort, prosperity, freedom, autonomy, knowledge, pleasure (and satisfaction) and recognition in society.
Yet, consumerism, mass productions, too big ambitions, performance pressures, irrational dreams, greed, etc., could only be realised at the expense of other people, of the natural environment and of the ethics, although most abuses like slavery, overexploitation of natural resources, depletion and wasting were, most certainly, as old as humanity, but with more modern technologies, efficiency, fast growing populations and their needs, our planets resources (and their stustainability) are seriously endangered.
And behind the screens of glamour, success, glory, celebrity, luxus and wealth, there will always be floods of victims and "sacrifices".
Don't they say: "One (wo)man's joy is another (wo)man's sorrow"?
And that applies to both genders, and to our planet's fate.