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089 - Connections - James Burke

You Are Not So Smart

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The Key to Why Things Change Is the Key to Everything

James Burke's documentary series Connections completely rearranged how he looked at history, science, technology and change. Today the people who make things change are scientists and technologists - true driving force of humanity. The products of human emotion, art, philosophy,. politics, music, literature, are interpretations of the world. They're telling you more about the guy who's talking than about the world he's talking about. Secondhand views of the world made third hand by your interpretation of them.

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