The Trigger Effect

Series: Connections Series Number 1

Year Published: 1979

Creator: British Broadcasting Corp TV

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Explains how plowing, building, writing, taxation and astronomy began in Egypt. Illustrates 20th century man's dependence on complex technological networks, using the New York City blackout of 1965 as an example. Discusses the nation of Kuwait, which has moved from the technology of ancient Egypt to that of the modern world in a single generation.


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