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Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]

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Re: Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]

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Post by TheSpiceIsLife »

sneak wrote: post #3

Undoubtedly James Burke is the reason I give a shit about history at all today (without which one cannot really have a meaningful grasp on the current world or its inhabitants, IMO). I was lucky enough to be exposed to these at a young age. I have a directory on my file server with local copies of everything he ever released. If you’ve never watched this or The Day The Universe Changed, please do. (I say this as some…

What do you mean by TV in this context?

Edit: oops, hit reply by mistake.

I cannot stand having my television viewing experience interrupted by irrelevant advertising, and because of this I do not have anything in my house that connects to the antenna on the roof the previous occupant(s) of this dwelling installed.

Television shows themselves, or whether they’re called? Series? Damn there are some good ones!

Re: Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]

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Post by corpMaverick »

PaulAJ wrote: post #4

Utterly brilliant. If you haven't seen it before then do watch the whole series. It may be over 40 years old, but its still as relevant as ever. The opening piece about the fragility of our modern technostructure was eye-opening when I first saw it and still packs a punch today. And especially right now. Spooky co-incidence: the initial pieces to camera were made from the World Trade Centre. Then in the sequence on t…

Is it really that old? I remember seeing it in the 90s and it didn't look that old. I loved it, I wish there was a remake or something similar more current. May be someone can add commentary on the old series updating it with current knowledge. I would watch that.

Re: Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]

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Post by TheSpiceIsLife »

corpMaverick wrote: post #12
PaulAJ wrote: post #4

Utterly brilliant. If you haven't seen it before then do watch the whole series. It may be over 40 years old, but its still as relevant as ever. The opening piece about the fragility of our modern technostructure was eye-opening when I first saw it and still packs a punch today. And especially right now. Spooky co-incidence: the initial pieces to camera were made from the World Trade Centre. Then in the sequence on t…

Is it really that old? I remember seeing it in the 90s and it didn't look that old. I loved it, I wish there was a remake or something similar more current. May be someone can add commentary on the old series updating it with current knowledge. I would watch that.

According to Wikipedia 1978 is correct.

There were also two sequels, Connections2 and Connections3, made in 1994 and 1997 respectively.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(TV_series)

Re: Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]

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Post by markfive »

corpMaverick wrote: post #12
PaulAJ wrote: post #4

Utterly brilliant. If you haven't seen it before then do watch the whole series. It may be over 40 years old, but its still as relevant as ever. The opening piece about the fragility of our modern technostructure was eye-opening when I first saw it and still packs a punch today. And especially right now. Spooky co-incidence: the initial pieces to camera were made from the World Trade Centre. Then in the sequence on t…

Is it really that old? I remember seeing it in the 90s and it didn't look that old. I loved it, I wish there was a remake or something similar more current. May be someone can add commentary on the old series updating it with current knowledge. I would watch that.

There was a Connections 2 series in 1994 which is the one I remember watching and loving as a teenager: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370117/

Re: Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]

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Post by tapotatonumber9 »

madengr wrote: post #9

As a side question: I remember seeing a TV science series in the 80’s that had Richard Feynman explaining how a 30k calorie pyramid of jelly donuts on a barbecue grill was the equivalent energy a Tour de France cyclist expends in a day. What show was that? I can’t find anything.

Maybe PBS "The Ring of Truth” - not Feynman though, Philip Morrison.

https://youtu.be/Nk8CQNThbc0

Re: Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]

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Post by visiblink »

sneak wrote: post #3

Undoubtedly James Burke is the reason I give a shit about history at all today (without which one cannot really have a meaningful grasp on the current world or its inhabitants, IMO). I was lucky enough to be exposed to these at a young age. I have a directory on my file server with local copies of everything he ever released. If you’ve never watched this or The Day The Universe Changed, please do. (I say this as some…

For those who are interested in The Day the Universe Changed, you can find copies of the episodes at the internet archive or on Dailymotion. It really is well worth watching.

Re: Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]

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Post by jhayward »

James Burke, and Richard Rhodes as well, are the reason I began to see history as something important and useful, a way of understanding both "how science happens" as well as "why our society is the way it is".

This knowledge, in the way it is presented, leaves the viewer or reader with a sense of agency, that what they do can either intentionally or not cause outcomes with great consequence.

It leaves one feeling one can do important things.

Re: Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]

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Post by mark-r »

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #11
sneak wrote: post #3

Undoubtedly James Burke is the reason I give a shit about history at all today (without which one cannot really have a meaningful grasp on the current world or its inhabitants, IMO). I was lucky enough to be exposed to these at a young age. I have a directory on my file server with local copies of everything he ever released. If you’ve never watched this or The Day The Universe Changed, please do. (I say this as some…

What do you mean by TV in this context? Edit: oops, hit reply by mistake. I cannot stand having my television viewing experience interrupted by irrelevant advertising, and because of this I do not have anything in my house that connects to the antenna on the roof the previous occupant(s) of this dwelling installed. Television shows themselves, or whether they’re called? Series ? Damn there are some good ones!

The first time I saw Connections it was broadcast by the local PBS station. No commercials.
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