A BBC program
"How we built the World" is now in the replay and can be seen on SVT
Play.
The program is useful for modern people to watch and
contemplate, as we usually are very unaware of how our modern world was created
and what problems needed to be solved to realize our modern urbanized world.
All the programs are in English with Swedish subtitles and they can only be seen in Sweden.
"How we got to Now part 1 - 6".
The Art of
Printing, electricity and space - some things keep on returning when human
progress is descussed. But who cares about how cities solved their drainage
problems? How we learned to measure time? How glass became an important
material?
”How we got to Now” is about humanity's practical milestones.
The program part 1 can be seen on SVT Play until Friday,
June 24th, 2016 at:
Part 2 of 6. Early on it was enough to use the sun to gauge the time. Eventually we got out of that with clocks that could go wrong 20 minutes in a day. Today we have atomic clocks with extreme precision. And we are lucky, without them clapping our delicate systems together. "How we got to Now" is about the practical milestones of humanity.
But as clocks have leberated us to some extent, we have alsdo been enslaved by "keeping time"
The program part 2 can be seen on SVT Play until Saturday, June 25th, 2016 at:
Part 3 of 6. We take it for granted and may react only when it breaks down. But the ability to make glass of sand was a real milestone in the development of civilization. Today, these fantastic materials are all around us.
That glass is a wonderful material and that it has been so important in the development of our modern civilization makes this program even more interesting.
The program part 3 can be seen on SVT Play until Sunday, June 26th, 2016 at:
Part 4 of 6. For tens of thousands of years, man's only sources of light were the sun and fire. A hundred and fifty years ago, a revolution was started. Inventor Thomas Edison pioneered the lights - and our habits changed forever. "How we got to Now" is about humanity's practical milestones.
Part 5 of 6 : About cold . For half a million years, humans have been able to warm themselves by fire . Providing refrigeration to keep food fresh is an invention a lot younger but equally important. "How we got to Now" is about humanity's practical milestones.
Personally, I'm a slightly against the population of our world becoming increasingly dependent on " energy-consuming artificial means " to survive. When/if we might one day produce energy in large quantities without fossil energy, I am of course willing to change my mind.
The program part 5 can be seen on SVT Play until Sunday, July 3rd, 2016 at:
The program part 5 can be seen on SVT Play until Sunday, July 3rd, 2016 at:
Part 6 of 6 : Sound . The sound is rarely considered as important as the image. Steven Johnson wants to change that and highlight the enormous importance of sound. He begins his journey in a northern French cave where the first traces found by human attempting to document the sound. "How we got to Now" is about humanity's practical milestones.
The program part 6 can be seen on SVT Play until Monday, July 4th, 2016 at:
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