James Burke : Connections³, Episode 5 : "Life is No Picnic" (HQ), 2 of 6

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Episode 5 of James Burke's Connections³, which is the last (as far as I know!) installment in the Connections series. In this series, Mr. Burke again takes a fresh approach in exploring main theme of all of these series; which is the way that progress occurs, almost exclusively by accident, and through various (often multi-disciplinary) "connections" between ideas or individuals.

In this series, each episode begins where the last one left off and the whole series concludes with a surprise ending :) I won't give it away because that will spoil all the fun!

Again translating this series into a "K-web path", we can think of it as a set of explorations beginning from one starting point and ending up somewhere in the past, present (or possibly the future) and then left there for a later time (ie. School's out, and it's time to go home!). The next show is then a continuation of the journey through "connection space". See http://k-web.org for more information.

In a sense this series almost reads like a book with various twists and turns (and lots of surprises!), broken up into "chapters" where each chapter starts off where the last one ended.

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[RedDaVincy]

Cruise missle vs. 19th century riflemen = win.

[JamesBurkeWeb]

So they say... so they say. Let's see, what year was it when that "Mission Accomplished" banner was broadcast?

[RedDaVincy]

A wittier man would say "the year of the time that was far too premature", but I will say it in his stead.

On a related note, if you've ever played "Rise of Nations", the computer game, or "Empire Earth" for that matter, and you're a skilled resource manager, you can get your nation to have guided missiles while your opponent struggles to get WW1 infantry!

[JamesBurkeWeb]

Sounds like CIV. I'm a former addict.

[BugsWisely]

Libertarianism is very scary business. Imagine implacably vicious dogs being let loose. Many would not survive to tell the tale. The newspapers masthead reads; 'The Daily Lynch.'

[ehrengm]

finally someone uses 'libertarian' in the correct sense.

[alpha18412]

CONSTANTINOPLE; Slowly I turned, step by step...

[RedDaVincy]

Oh, CIV... I forgot about CIV. I guess there kinds of games are legion, which prompts me to relieve myself of a "ho-hum"