James Burke : Connections, Episode 8, “Eat, Drink and be Merry”, 1 of 5 (CC)
Watch Entire Show: http://www.youtube.com More Shows: http://www.youtube.com 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 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) See channel page for purchase options.
TheStfu1000 1:57 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
you look a bit like a nerdy curt smith.
MX5GS 2:07 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
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.
Bord750 2:49 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
I really like the privacy and prophetic mention of identity theft..You rule James lol!
victorialucas38 3:40 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
Chillingly prophetic episode, yet again.
muttilo 4:16 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
@DForce0 a tape
wanderliscious 4:47 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
@ChorltonBrook … me too, i consider myself very lucky
ChorltonBrook 5:22 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
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.
DForce0 6:10 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
What’s a cassette?
barkon 6:21 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
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.
robroberts2064 6:59 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
@persianlor
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.
robroberts2064 7:41 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
@AlRoderick
nano-compiled!
robroberts2064 8:19 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
Right at the 3 minute mark – he holds a circular tool up to a credit card magnetic strip and “views” the alternating magnetic fields.
What is this tool called?
robroberts2064 8:38 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
Right at the 3 minute mark – he holds a circular tool up to a credit card magnetic strip and “views” the alternating magnetic fields.
What is this tool called?
jaymoe67 8:40 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
WoW, prophetic words… “What will happen when being debt all the time is the normal way to live?” Those who allready have ” Real Money ” will do just fine, while the whole overinflated credit system (being integrated into the housing market) and all those dependent on it will flounder. Leaving whatever tangible products are left over (such as developed land) to be scavanged by those who had ” Real Money ” all along. Credit is money that doesn’t actually exist.
luridplanet 9:25 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
People still like cash 30 years later, there is no doubt
lifeatlast26 10:03 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
@assemblyassembly i grew up in the 90s and 2000′s and every tech thing pre-1980 when dealing with banking or any systematic company looks janky and not and inefficient.. very risky too. like these cards ….
assemblyassembly 10:28 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
2:50> whoa, are those actual people and actual numbers? You can see them quite clearly
alpha18412 10:35 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
Plastic is nice but you could kill a moose if you hit it with a Bakelite telephone reciever.
murdelabop 11:20 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
@nNorthWestern Ah, so when JP Morgan said it he was quoting. Got it. It was certainly a policy he applied.
nNorthWestern 11:23 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
@murdelabop no he did not, it was Meyer Amschel Rothschild 1744 — 1812 hundred years earlier, jp morgan was born 1837 and he left us with witty quotes such as ¨If you have to ask how much it costs, you can’t afford it¨ basically he never said anything smart
tellmeverything 11:41 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
thankyou ,,
kabarutfa 11:53 pm on December 29, 2011 Permalink
@JamesBurkeWeb
I am not a biologist, nor do I play one on TV, but looking at that segment I would venture that it is a dab of ferrofluid inside an acrylic case (notice the pooling at the bottom of the case).
murdelabop 12:28 am on December 30, 2011 Permalink
@JamesBurkeWeb IIRC, the actual quote is “Give me control over a nation’s money, and I care not who makes its laws,” and it is attributed to J. P. Morgan.
JimPrower 12:31 am on December 30, 2011 Permalink
“What will happen when being in-debt *all the time* is the normal way to live?”
We sure found out the answer to that, and it was NOT pretty.
persianlor 1:00 am on December 30, 2011 Permalink
@JamesBurkeWeb $15 an episode is actually pretty amazing, especially when you put it that way. I wish they sold it per episode. Some episodes are just all that more necessary. Not that I’m saying some are less than others…just that some are more breathtaking. BTW: I just checked…it’s on sale now…for $100. I;m buying it. Who has “the day the universe changed?”