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Seeing the Future

James connects the dots between Napoleon’s toothpick and the Nielsen TV ratings to see how scientists have built the quantum computer – a data-processing machine so powerful that it can predict the future.

Writing:
  • James Burke
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Release Date: Thu, Nov 09, 2023

Country: US
Language: En
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Season 1:

Seeing the Future
Episode 1: Seeing the Future (Nov 09, 2023)
James connects the dots between Napoleon’s toothpick and the Nielsen TV ratings to see how scientists have built the quantum computer – a data-processing machine so powerful that it can predict the future.
The End of Scarcity
Episode 2: The End of Scarcity (Nov 09, 2023)
James jumps in the sensory deprivation tank with a man who took LSD with dolphins to discover how syphilis in the French aristocracy kicked off a journey to the nanofabricator–a machine that can build anything you wish for, molecule by molecule, for free. What will that mean for the value of things?
In the Net
Episode 3: In the Net (Nov 09, 2023)
James opens a cabinet of curiosities to discover how the French Revolution, wallpaper, and NORAD brought about the rise of big data – and a world where humans finally merge with the internet.
None of This is Real
Episode 4: None of This is Real (Nov 09, 2023)
Dog pee, the Polaroid camera, and rocket fuel lead us to a future where AI is indistinguishable from human intelligence. If we can’t tell machines and people apart, what will that mean for humanity?
Designer Genes
Episode 5: Designer Genes (Nov 09, 2023)
A cup of coffee in the 18th century takes James to the pioneering woman who discovered the structure of DNA, and a future with genetically engineered people. Will we want to be Super-Human?
Limitless Energy
Episode 6: Limitless Energy (Nov 09, 2023)
How did a journey that began thousands of years ago with the Inca and the potato, connect to a mad scientist in a castle, and German beer, then bring us to the brink of a future with clean, limitless energy? And what will that future mean for humanity?


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