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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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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!

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

I find the vast majority of content produced for TV, even without ads, even so-called "good" entertainment/series, to be unimportant.

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

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Funny enough but, there was just a Reddit front page gif clip of Burke narrating his Connection with a perfectly timed NASA rocket launch. Nice to see him introduced to a new generation and some of the commentors miss the cold War referances. "The difference between a Moon Rocket and an ICBM is the top 15 feet"

[1] https://v.redd.it/p8mc0yjzu4s41

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

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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 on…

Thanks for mentioning Richard Rhodes. I highly recommend his book The Making of the Atomic Bomb to anyone who is interested in a mix of science and history.

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

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Another wonderful series is "The Secret Life of Machines". Cartoonist Tim Hunkin explains how machines work, with lots and lots of models and cut-aways of real life devices. And animations! And moving sculptures! His humor is pervasive and a delight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baFaEvBywGc

These overviews give you just enough knowledge to start debugging a broken household machine. I love it. If anyone's looking for more videos from this series here's a playlist of the complete series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDpNQQqdSh8&list=PLByTa5duIo...
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