James Burke on the Fragility and Interconnectedness of Technological Civilisation 2 of 2

Clips from the first episode of the fascinating documentary series "Connections", by science historian James Burke. This episode explains the interconnectedness of the technology that supports our civilisation and the origins of the first trigger of change that began the exponential rise of civilisation.

Many thanks to JamesBurkeFan for providing the entire series on his channel.

This channel has unfortunately been taken down due to copyright issues, but it is being reconstructed at dailymotion. To see the work in progress, follow this link:
http://www.dailymotion.com/JamesBurkeFan

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Documentary
• Technology
• Civilisation
• Science
• History
• Connections
• Pyramids
• Egypt
• Farming

[ColForbin814]

holy shit go to 2:33... he ad-libs this whole thing

i'm pretty high too

[englishman522]

this is so funny and im so high

[everlamo]

shut up shutup

u r scaring the living hell out of me

whats the solution wise man

for every scary question he asks

i am lik ha ha no ha ha ha

ha in a scary ha

[FractalBolt]

"Next on the Discovery Channel; American Choppers!"

What the hell happened to this type of shows? Where are they?

[UnionOfLiberty]

This man subsequently defines the necessities vital for human survival as a consolidated civilization. It is amazing how the engineered endeavors intended to fulfill the basic needs of any human being forge together advanced systems of infrastructural civilization while simultaneously promoting education which advances the comprehension of the world as it is commonly perceived given the timeframe of reference

[compienz]

God I remember these first time around, interesting then and still is today. He's like a walking wiki, I just love this whole concept wiki/knowledge/connections

[javajava489]

amazing

[Desertphile]

Oxii. :-)

[Anhelain]

Oxen. :)

[urumqilik]

my god those oxes look at them.. as if they are listening to him.