James Burke : Connections, Episode 4, “Faith In Numbers”, 1 of 5 (CC)
Watch Entire Show: www.youtube.com More Shows: www.youtube.com Episode 4 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 main idea behind the Knowledge Web project; whereby sophisticated software is used to attempt to discover these subtle interconnections automatically. See k-web.org. See channel page for purchase options.
This was and still is a brilliant series. So much is so super specialised now that we can only hope to understand parts of the world.
This program makes it all so much easier to understand and enjoy whats going on.
Thanks for posting.
I Watch all my Episodes at Tinyurl[.]com/mmjtu8
I can’t believe this series is online..this absolves everyone who thinks people who tend to speak tangentially are crazy… we’re just making ..Connections. I wish they would make more programs like this instead insisting on the garbage…. let me stop I don’t even want to get on my soap box… speaking of soapboxes.. in 1867….
You’re very welcome.
- JBW
Thanks for posting this informative documentary
and spelling too! “lost” not “lose”.
Ugh. Not my day… I’ve lose my sense of humour!
That’s not what I meant. I was kidding. “Hmm. I wonder where I am. Never mind the aqueduct, I’ll use a satellite tracker.”
Simply download the kmz file in the video description. I typed the coordinates in by hand and it takes you right there.
I can’t help but think, perhaps find out where this great ancient aqueduct was on a map.
Hehe. Does he sound like that? I suppose in a way… but I think the two come across very differently even if the words are the same
- JBW
Times are certainly different, and tax rates have been higher, much higher, and we seemed to come through ok, not without a larger government.
It was just a bit jarring to hear James talk about this twenty odd years ago and sound like Rush Limbaugh! ;o)
Hehe.. well I don’t think the US qualifies as an empire really.
But of course, by the same token it doesn’t really qualify as a nation in the traditional sense; everything is very interconnected business wise, and government decisions are intimately linked to businesses and their decisions.
And of course the largest businesses are multinationals, so the distinction between “Nations” becomes somewhat unclear
- JBW
I got chills when Burke talked about the fall of the Roman Empire.
That’s happening right now in the US.
James Burke friggin’ rocks! They broke the mold with this guy.
Haha… I can’t wait! But wait a minute, why should I have to wait? Since it’s working in the future, surely they can send it back to the present for us to use it!
So they must be holding out, waiting to develop a market before release. Damn them!
Dude… you’re thinking of
Google Earth-Time…
Not available yet, but they’re working on it.
The fourth dimension really eats up processor power, not to mention storage capacity.
Did you try the coords with GoogleEarth? It’s pretty cool, takes you right to that aqueduct!
Although I don’t see a man sitting there with a computer… hmmm
- JBW
I love the fake or animated satelite shot… burke is the best.