Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]
Undoubtedly James Burke is the reason I give a shit about history at all today (without which one cannot really have a meaningful grasp on the current world or its inhabitants, IMO). I was lucky enough to be exposed to these at a young age.<p>I have a directory on my file server with local copies of everything he ever released.<p>If you’ve never watched this or The Day The Universe Changed, please do. (I say this as someone who hates TV.)