The Day the Universe Changed Episode 1

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@0:40: James Burke introduces the series The Day The Universe Changed
@3:37: Inside Cheyenne Mountain, Burke finds the North American Air Defense center
@4:57: Norad could be wiped out within ten minutes if targeted by a nuclear submarine
@5:17 In the nuclear age, defense spending means protecting your way of life
@5:27 The Soviet Union test launches 5,000 missiles each year (1985)
@6:16 Pilots are specifically trained to protect against any nuclear attack within seconds
@7:00: The West justifies its defense spending to protect Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Movement and Freedom of Self Expression
@7:33: James Burke urges you to follow him in this series to look back in history and see how our views have changed as what we knew changed
@8:08: James Burke Introduces some examples that will be explored in the series

@1:10: The Western culture continued to change because it's the kind of people we are. We are curious to find out how things work
@2:11: We won't stop getting answers unless we stop asking questions
@2:42: Why did we start asking questions?
@3:00 We have knowledge thanks to Philosophical thinking which began in Ancient Greece
@4:39: Even if you don't speak the language, you know the code
@5:12: Quick view of the Parthenon
@6:00: The way we are in the Western culture can be traced back 2700 years to when the Ionians colonized the eastern Mediterranean
@7:39: Thales of Miletus used knowledge to study nature rather then magic
@8:10: Thales of Miletus delivered the geometrical knowledge of Ancient Egypt to Greece after a trip down the Nile River
@8:39: Thales of Miletus made several discoveries in the study of geometry

@0:26: The Ancient Greeks where not afraid to debate any question
@2:26: Steam power solved many of the 18th Century problems cause by increasing population
@3:28: Telescopes Map the sky
@3:42: The Andromeda Galaxy neighbors the Milky Way Galaxy
@4:15: During the 15th Century, affluent merchants went to Greece to get some Classical Era education
@5:23: The Jodrell Bank Observatory is situated at the University of Manchester
@6:08: James Burke notes that education has been institutionalized
@7:00: The Ritual Institution of marriage is another way to maintain societal order
@9:50: Government, banking, taxes and Sewage have all been institutionalized

@1:45: James Burke explains how if the institutions fail to keep order, it would be the end of civilization
@2:45: Buddhist Monks who worship Buddha do not seek knowledge because all their questions have been answered and these answers are set in theological concrete
@4:55: science labs have institutionalized the pursuit of change
@7:27: James Burke predicts that a microchip the size of his fingernail will allow people to work from home
@8:34: James Burke boards the famous San Francisco Trolley

@0:35: In our life right now we work to buy the latest model, there is more change and less time to adapt
@1:44: The only constant in life is change
@2:28: James Burke reveals that today we are defending a way of life that is constantly changing, we are defending a question mark
@3:00: Mankind not only will question how the world works, but develop new ways to make it work.