James Burke : Connections, Episode 1, "The Trigger Effect", 1 of 5 (CC)

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Episode 1 of James Burke's most well-known series "Connections" which explores the surprising and unexpected ways that our modern technological world came into existence. Each episode investigates the background of usually one particular modern invention and how it came into being. These explorations are an attempt to locate the "connections" between various historical figures who seemingly had nothing to do with each other in their own times, however once connected, these same figures combined to produce some of the most profound impacts on our modern day world; in a "1+1=3" type of way.

It is this type of investigation that is the main idea behind the Knowledge Web project; whereby sophisticated software is used to attempt to discover these subtle connections automatically. See http://k-web.org.

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[Opedanderson]

wow

wtc

kennedy airport.

flight 911

freaky!!!

[FosterZygote]

Between Connections, The Day The Universe Changed, The Secret Life of Machines and Cosmos, my life was changed. Thank you WTTW Chicago!

[FosterZygote]

Sorry. WTTW is the public television station that broadcasts out of Chicago. As a child, I was lucky to live near a large city as I had FIVE television stations to watch. Six if the wind was right and we could get a decent picture on the UHF channel.

[sentesays]

what's WTTW?

[MyThingsRedux]

Also, the events of the technological trap took place on the 9th of November. 9/11 in British terms.

[aisleofviewtoo]

great!



[mahony007]

You can rent it from Netflix too.

[radiofreeaberdare]

I was ten years old when I saw this on TV, I didn't entirely understand it, but it made a huge impression on me all the same. My younger brother remembers it too! I've linked it to student friends and it's biown their minds. I'm sending it via Twitter and Facebook.

[BugsWisely]

And to think Don Imus was fired by MSNBC for calling the RUTGERS girls basketball team a bunch of "Nappy Headed Hoes."

[McKellar51]

He was naming off people that had "jobs".

The nigger, of course, was unemployed back then too, so why would he mention him?

[imalwayswatchingu00]

That guy on the plane put out a cigarette, I forgot you used to be able to smoke on planes :0