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Tossed off in the middle of James Burke's connections, while he's driving a French postal van up a mountain on the way to tell the story about the discovery of
by aristus 13y ago
Tossed off in the middle of James Burke's connections, while he's driving a French postal van up a mountain on the way to tell the story about the discovery of the vacuum, is exactly this point. As people communicate faster and more reliably, knowledge spreads and advances.
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grep for "postbox of europe"
- dredmorbius 13y agoI've got to mention: Burke's entire ouvre is available on YouTube (as best I can tell posted by the man himself). I've been tremendously enjoying re-visiting his original series, Connections, and viewing The Day the Universe Changed for the first time. Connections2 has been a bit of a let-down (too commercial and rushed with 22 minute episodes, and retreading much of his earlier material) though it too has its moments. I haven't gotten to Connections3 yet. I highly recommend at least the first two, which very much focus on how ideas develop, spread, and emerge. https://www.youtube.com/user/JamesBurkeConnection https://www.youtube.com/user/JamesBurkeConnection
- agumonkey 13y agoOff topic : this transcript viewer is pretty convenient.