James Burke : Connections, Episode 1, "The Trigger Effect", 3 of 5 (CC)

things are. And if we find, in this case, an emergency button - Absolutely great! we sit back and we wait for help to come. We wait for technology to come back and save our lives. Because it's inconceivable that it won't-- isn't it? I mean, if you admit that, you've got to admit that every single day of your life in some form or other you unconsciously walk yourself into a technology trap. Because that's the only way to live in the modern world. So you don't admit it, you say: Oh well, in ...



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James Burke : Connections, Episode 1, "The Trigger Effect", 5 of 5 (CC)

York] You see how, increasingly, the only way we, in the advanced industrial nations, with our bewildering technology-network, can survive, is by selling bewilderment and dependence on technology to the rest of the world. Or is it *not* bewilderment and dependence, but a healthier, wealthier, better way of living than the old way? And yet whether or not you dress-up technology to *look* local, the technology-network is the same. And as it spreads, will it spread the ability to use machines, ...



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