Superquark - Preparing for the Future — Season 1, Episode 11: The Wealth Machine
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 16 episodes • ★ 10.0/10
Episode synopsis
How inventions, over the last two centuries, have changed the world, increasing income, length of life, decreasing fatigue and working hours. And moving from mass illiteracy to school for all.
About Superquark - Preparing for the Future
A new series of episodes conceived and written by Piero Angela and dedicated to the new generations, that is, to the young people who today attend Italian schools and who one day will be responsible for the society of the future. In a simple way, try to better understand the difficulties but also the opportunities of the new world we are entering. Piero Angela, together with a team of experts, analyzes the advantages, but also the limits, of "clean" resources and the role of so-called energy cannibalism. Recognizing the urgent ecological emergency of our times, Piero Angela decided in the last period of his life to dedicate himself to the production of a series of programs to explain the problems that humanity must face, linked to climate change and the search for new sources of energy, but also the role of science and technology in modern society.