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James Burke BBC Connections - Technology Traps Scene (7 min video: if technology failed)
youtube.com ^ | Jan 20, 2016 | James Burke

Posted on 09/29/2022 3:35:14 PM PDT by bitt

What would you do?

(“And what in your comfortable urban life has ever prepared you for that decision?”)

Just a great scene from James Burke's Connections Series 1, Episode 1.

I highly recommend you watch the show. It is old (50 years old!)but it is insightful.


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1 posted on 09/29/2022 3:35:14 PM PDT by bitt
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H/T: dfwgator


2 posted on 09/29/2022 3:36:07 PM PDT by bitt (<IMG SRC=' 'width=50%> )
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To: bitt

I would vote “Connections” as the best series I have watched.


3 posted on 09/29/2022 3:41:09 PM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch)
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To: bitt

The entire series was brilliant. I watched it religiously when it was on PBS back when PBS actually made shows worth watching.

Sadly those days are long, long gone.

L


4 posted on 09/29/2022 3:42:16 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Clay Moore; Lurker

“I would vote “Connections” as the best series I have watched.”

One of the best TV shows of all times.


5 posted on 09/29/2022 3:46:10 PM PDT by caver
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To: bitt

Adored that show during my youth.


6 posted on 09/29/2022 3:51:47 PM PDT by 1ScrappyArmyMom
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To: bitt

Loved this show as a kid...Still do.


7 posted on 09/29/2022 3:51:58 PM PDT by Slicksadick (We accept the love we think we deserve.)
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To: Lurker

Yep I loved it. Watched it in high school


8 posted on 09/29/2022 4:03:34 PM PDT by FreshPrince
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To: bitt

That was an excellent show. And a very depressing clip...


9 posted on 09/29/2022 4:06:19 PM PDT by Twotone (While one may vote oneself into socialism one has to shoot oneself out of it.)
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To: bitt

I had never heard of this show, thank you! I’ll play it for my kids tomorrow night!


10 posted on 09/29/2022 4:08:30 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Twotone

>> And a very depressing clip...

Unless you have a plow! And forty acres, and a mule. :-)


11 posted on 09/29/2022 4:20:28 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Truth is not hate speech.)
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To: bitt

Modern Technological Society + EMP = Back to the plow and oxen


12 posted on 09/29/2022 4:40:32 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: Twotone
What happens if all of our underwater links get cut?

Makes me think we really need Trump and we really need him to go full mercantilist.

The US has everything it needs to be self-sustaining: food, energy, technology, etc. The only downside is that it will cost us more to produce then having much of it done in sh!+ holes.

13 posted on 09/29/2022 4:42:57 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: Clay Moore

Always very enjoyable


14 posted on 09/29/2022 5:12:28 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: MeganC

Era Gawd. One of ThE Best shows ever

Watch em all


15 posted on 09/29/2022 5:13:34 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: FreshPrince

I carried the book around a lot in HS too.

It drove my dingbat history teacher nuts.

Connections is still a favorite of mine.


16 posted on 09/29/2022 5:52:12 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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