James Burke Legend Connections 1 The Trigger Effect
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The first episode of James Burke's Connections series, 'The Trigger Effect', explores how modern society depends on interlinked technological systems and how quickly it breaks down when they fail, starting with a power blackout.
Why HN recommends it: Recommended whenever outages and cascading failures come up, as a classic on interdependent systems.
“You may enjoy the first episode of James Burke's Connections ("The Trigger Effect"), if you've not seen it.” Read on HN ↗