Connections with James Burke — Season 1, Episode 2: The End of Scarcity
Documentary • 47 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 8.2/10
Episode synopsis
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?
About Connections with James Burke
Historian James Burke continues his journey through random historical connections that together have shaped our world and provide important clues to our future.