| I just watched the first episode. The simulated nuclear attack did terrify me. That said, his commentary about telecommuting is spot-on. At 39:49 of https://archive.org/details/the-day-the-universe-changed-s01... . "The point about all this technological pizazz isn't the gee-whiz high-tech stuff. It's the secondary effects of using it. Take say what this chip could do to change the pattern of work. With this you could have telecommuting, that's where you work at home from a screen and you never go into the office. Great! No more rush hour. But what does that do to the public transportation system and the taxes it uses. Or to the car manufacturers and their workers' jobs, and the rest of the economy that depends on their output? Or to the concept of the city itself, with its support systems and businesses. Or to the downtown properties where maybe your pension fund's invested. Not to speak of working at home day in and day out and what that might do to a marriage. And what do you get out of work when it's only you? What would be the effect of isolating and fragmenting the community like that? From just one application of this microchip." |
You were talking about Connections. I watched The Day The Universe Changed.
Just realized my mistake now, and watched Connections episode 1.
Yeah, totally about technology traps.