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James Burke's Connections: The Trigger Effect

Tim Callinan · Documentary · 48 min · 2021 · YouTube title: James Burke Legend Connections 1 The Trigger Effect
Why it's here

Recommended whenever outages and cascading failures come up, as a classic on interdependent systems.

What it covers

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.