It’s like the PBS “Connections” series. It was fascinating. Learn how a jaquard loom was a precursor to a computer.
http://www.shoppbs.org/sm-pbs-connections-connections-3-dvd-5pk—pi-1450814.html
“Burke shows why the cobalt used to dye ancient Ming vases led to the development of computer chips”
I loved those first two Burke series, “Connections” and “The Day the Universe Changed”, but in later series (all of which are highly derivative of the first one or two) he comes off as a leftist lunkhead. :’)