I want to talk about the industrial revolution. Do you think it was a good thing or a bad thing?

Me personally, I just think it was something uncontrolable. We did get some good things out of it such as the discovery of the germ and new technology but what about all that other bad stuff? Cities became over populated, people were getting very sick and dying. Was society ready for such a rapid change? I think if things were taken more slowly things would have turned out quite different.

Please give your thoughts, evidence, and arguements :]]