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The Lightbulb Moment
The surprising impact of less-celebrated inventions and the moments of inspiration that made them possible.
S1, EP8 "Streaming: The Invention That Revolutionized Streaming Video"
The early days of online video were plagued by low resolution, stamp-sized video, and unbearable buffering times but that changed when a breakthrough technology revolutionized streaming video and set the foundation for the era of Netflix.
S1, EP9 "Interstate: How the Interstate Connected and Divided America"
Dwight Eisenhower's interstate highway system was the biggest infrastructure project of its time, a bold plan to connect all corners of America and boost the post-war economy but it also ended up deepening the divide between rich and poor.
S1, EP10 "Edison: How Edison Reinvented Invention"
Edison pioneered the world's first research and development center in Menlo Park and worked with a group of experimenters to methodically zero in on the holy grail of electric light.
S1, EP11 "Like Button: The Unintended Consenquences of the Facebook Like Button"
When first presented with the like button Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg worried that a quick thumbs up or down would discourage more meaningful online interaction but eventually his team changed his mind and transformed the world.
S1, EP11 "Like Button: The Unintended Consenquences of the Facebook Like Button"
When first presented with the like button Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg worried that a quick thumbs up or down would discourage more meaningful online interaction but eventually his team changed his mind and transformed the world.
S1, EP6 "Vanilla: The Bean That Shaped the Future of Food"
In 1841 on the small island of Réunion, a 12-year-old slave did something no one had done before; the vanilla bean takes the world by storm, sparking the artificial flavor revolution and forever changing how we eat.
S1, EP5 "Mauve: The Fake Color That Made Our Modern World"
In 1856, a chemistry student accidentally created a strange substance with a rich purple hue; Mauve takes over the fashion industry, make food look more appetizing, and enable stunning advances in medicine.
S1, EP4 "Florida: How Real Estate Rogues Invented Florida as We Know It"
Florida wasn't always the Sunshine State; in the 1920s, an army of real estate boosters set out to redefine Florida from an economic backwater to a ritzy vacation destination, sparking a land boom the likes of which America had never seen before.
