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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!

[JamesBurkeWeb Channelle]

Sounds interesting. Will do.

P.S. Notice the title of this video. This is essentially an archive. There is a link to the updated, higher quality and full-length versions in the video description.

[yousuckisucki]

If You would like another "life changing" documentary. Check out "Zeitgest The Movie"(First movie. Peter Joseph explains his theory on where "the jesus" character really came from. Some call the other parts a conspiracy theory, believe what you want, "Zeitgeist Addendum"(Second movie. Explains How banks, Companies and their connection to money and how the world really works!. He is striving to implement a resource based economy(Wikipedia) and explains how that is the solution for the future!

[crosspecans]

thanks for making my kids smarter !!

[Joe W]

This is just about my favorite series of all time. Really makes you think about the "butterfly effect".

[MrEnKaye]

chyeah! DFTBA!

[dillene]

Well that's a bittersweet opening.

[nemesis962074]

CGPGrey anyone?

[andyt1313]

I always loved this program. You have no idea where even the most obscure scientific discovery will take you. This program ranks close to Carl Sagan's Cosmos in making science accessible to your average person.

[alex07268]

This makes an average evening in 1978 seem like science fiction. All it took was not taking life for granted. 

[seancolorado]

"no delays expected" ha, good one