James Burke : Connections, Episode 8, "Eat, Drink and be Merry", 1 of 5 (CC)
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Uploaded by JamesBurkeWeb on Jan 23, 2009
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Episode 8 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 core idea behind the Knowledge Web project, whereby sophisticated software is being developed to attempt to discover these subtle interconnections automatically. See http://k-web.org.
Note: This clip contains one of Mr. Burke's most well-known scenes: the famous "rocket takeoff scene" (also mentioned in re-Connections : see playlists)
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'What will happen when being in debt all the time is the normal way to live?'
We get 2009.
1 year ago 20
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you look a bit like a nerdy curt smith.
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I first saw this series in the early 1990s. I was amazed at how well it had stood the test of time back then. I'm even more amazed at how it's even MORE relevant today, over 30 years after its creation.
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I really like the privacy and prophetic mention of identity theft..You rule James lol!
4 months ago 2
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Chillingly prophetic episode, yet again.
6 months ago 3
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@DForce0 a tape
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@ChorltonBrook ... me too, i consider myself very lucky ;)
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Not wanting to get in debt I never got a credit card years ago, and now I can't get one 'cos they don't find me credit worthy 'cos I got no history.
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What's a cassette?
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Wow. I haven't seen this show since the mid-nineties. I just didn't realize then how prescient Mr. Burke was about some things.
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I bought the DVD set. Totally worth having it, will share with my kids some day...
I found TDTUChanged on a torrent site. It was ripped from cable tv and has a logo overlay.
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"give me the power to issue money, and I care not who makes the laws"
jiwbink 2 years ago 5
Nice quote. Can I quote you on that? hehe
JamesBurkeWeb 2 years ago 5