James Burke Speaks at IMSA

James Burke presents "Mechanisms of Change: Do Lemons Whistle?" for the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy's (IMSA) James R. Thompson Leadership Lecture on
November 21, 1997

[@hongcha2020]

thamks for posting. james burke rocks. still relevant, even 17 years later!

[@crigsbe]

Listening to this quick-witted mind makes me a lot younger. There are only a few people in the world like James Burke. Every teacher should take him as guide. Thank you very much for the speach at IMSA.

[@dickiedogs727]

the man is a genius..the man you would want to come to dinner for a chat...for a few weeks ..well done james.

[@S2Sturges]

Absolutely Brilliant Man....

[@MothsInFlame]

Thank you so much for this wonderful upload

[@psikeyhackr6914]

Video recorded Nov 21, 1997

[@anthonyk5496]

...Please join us in welcoming James Burke! (Lecture start) th-cam.com/video/giB1fEUIuPY/w-d-xo.htmlm51s

[@IngviGautsson]

The "knowledge web" Mr. Burke is describing sounds exactly like Wikipedia. But this talk is 4 years before Wikipedia launched.

[@dncngferrt]

James gives a live interview in May 2020, which you can see here: th-cam.com/video/mUb6Sv-rUv0/w-d-xo.html

[@teddywinroth]

THANK YOU !!!!!!

[@bozo5632]

So the first assembly line was a disassembly line.

[@virtualatheist]

COLOSSUS was the first computer. designed and built by the British to work on cracking the Enigma code. it was kept secret until many years later.

[@theskett]

Starts around 10:00

[@jimparsons6803]

Always interesting, on point, and funny. The sort of funny that, after a few seconds, makes you go hmmmmm.....

[@RomeoWhiskey692]

Fast forward to 10:33

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always, ALWAYS keep a spare toilet roll with you

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48:34

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Ace!

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