Connections with James Burke is back

The original series were just so good. I've re-watched them a couple of times over the last ten years after remembering how good they were when I watched them as a kid. The idea of connecting multiple advances and developments to show how we arrived at modern tech is so inspiring and surprising that so much was both random and inevitable.

However, as much as James Burke was so good as a host in the original (his dry wit makes me laugh throughout), I think they should go with someone a bit younger and my vote would be Hannah Fry (she hosted The Secret Genius Of Modern Life which was similar, though more more limited in scope).

Seeing one of the pictures in the article, it looks like James Burke will attempt to redo the "rocket shot" which has been acclaimed as the greatest shot in television.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WoDQBhJCVQ

I've watched the first episode of the new series and it's (as anticipated) very good. I admit I found his conclusion about quantum computers destroying our sense of free will a little frightening, but after reading this interview it makes a bit more sense.

Now I need to watch the original series, which I haven't seen since it was first shown on PBS in US.

I watched the first few episodes myself, and I could do with a lot less "here's where we've been so far, and here is our goal", more wild ride, like the original.

It's still fun, though.

He has a new jacket!