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A revival of the old series
Genre:Documentary
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Season 1

  • Seeing the Future
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    Seeing the Future

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/9/2023

    James connects the dots between Napoleon’s toothpick and the Nielsen TV ratings to see how scientists have built the quantum computer – a data-processing machine so powerful that it can predict the future.

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  • The End of Scarcity
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    The End of Scarcity

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/9/2023

    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?

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  • In the Net
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    In the Net

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/2023

    James opens a cabinet of curiosities to discover how the French Revolution, wallpaper, and NORAD brought about the rise of big data – and a world where humans finally merge with the internet.

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  • None of This is Real
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    None of This is Real

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/9/2023

    Dog pee, the Polaroid camera, and rocket fuel lead us to a future where AI is indistinguishable from human intelligence. If we can’t tell machines and people apart, what will that mean for humanity?

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  • Designer Genes
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    Designer Genes

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/9/2023

    A cup of coffee in the 18th century takes James to the pioneering woman who discovered the structure of DNA, and a future with genetically engineered people. Will we want to be Super-Human?

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  • Limitless Energy
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    Limitless Energy

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2023

    How did a journey that began thousands of years ago with the Inca and the potato, connect to a mad scientist in a castle, and German beer, then bring us to the brink of a future with clean, limitless energy? And what will that future mean for humanity?

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