Spreading the gospel of Burke :)
As I always feel I must when "Connections" pops up, truly, an outstanding masterpiece - the original and subsequent seasons.-
PS. This comment, is, in fact, totally Burke:
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41087042
... he reasons as much, in the show, from spinning wheel to printing press (and before and beyond, of course).-
PSS. Featuring, as y'all certain know, the (arguably) "best timed" shot in the history of broadcast TV.-
At the end I was a bit upset that there isn't anything like this being made, where the production treats the audience as intelligent and capable of grasping complex topics.
When at some point nothing else does, that show rekindles a sense of wonder and amazement at life and its complexity that is sine qua non for me.-
PS. I feel it also serves to (somehow) "frame" each of our lives - my own - as being dot-positioned as a small- yet significant - speck in a big, ongoing, neverending, marvelous, unavoidable and unstoppable march through time.-
Further - and Burke makes an special point of this in one of the "framing" episodes - the individual people (that is, us) responsible for that onward march were as confused, concerned, discouraged or baffled about their future as we might be today about ours - or, oft - just trying to get by, or make a buck.-
Poignantly, this might sound obvious, they, further did not know what the future held, what the consequences would be of their actions - but somehow, in lockstep - all the necessary pieces were being put together for some grand, tectonic invention or method to later appear, making their individual contributions indispensable.-
I find that encouraging.-